Arizona judge says Google lawsuit documents cannot remain secret

Published August 7, 2020 2:03pm ET



A Maricopa County Superior Court judge denied a motion of continuance by Google that documents related to a lawsuit by an Arizona prosecutor against the tech giant about users’ location data should be made available to the public.

The decision by Judge Timothy J. Thomason on Thursday came in response to a May 27 lawsuit against Google for deceptive and unfair practices used to obtain users’ location data, claiming the company exploited the information for its advertising business.

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