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B2B Articles - Feb 18, 2010 11:20:43 AM - By Ironpaper

Google Sued Over Buzz

Law firms in San Francisco and Washington D.C. have launched a class action lawsuit against Google for privacy violations. The suit claims that Google violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which cover "Compromising the Confidentiality of a Computer" and "Knowing Transmission and Intentional Damage."

Essentially the problem with the new Google service which infuriated users was that it made public a Gmail users most frequent email contacts.