Privacy lawsuit over Chrome Sync feature gets new life [Video]

A federal appeals court on Tuesday breathed new life into a lawsuit by Chrome users who say Google gathered data even though they did not “Sync” to their accounts.

A panel of judges in California ruled that a lower court was wrong to toss the case on the grounds that Chrome users had agreed to Google’s privacy policy, and that the lawsuit should head for trial.

“We disagree with this ruling and are confident the facts of the case are on our side,” Google spokesperson Jose Castaneda said in response to an AFP inquiry.

“Chrome Sync helps people use Chrome seamlessly across their different devices and has clear privacy controls.”

Google launched Sync in 2009 with the aim of letting Chrome users access bookmarks, passwords, tabs and more across devices by linking to a Google account, the internet giant said in a blog post.

The appellate ruling said the district …