Judge Permits ‘Mass Opt-Out’ From Eavesdropping Class Action Against Google

( February 20, 2025, 1:25 PM EST) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — A California federal judge stated that she had “little hesitation” denying Google LLC’s motion to reject a “mass exclusion request” by nearly 70,000 Google Assistant (GA) users who seek to opt out of an unfair competition class action over Google’s purported eavesdropping via the digital assistant app and pursue arbitration of their privacy claims against the company instead....