Sources: BBC
Sixteen survivors use anti-terror legislation to sue Google, Twitter and Facebook, alleging the firms "provided support and resources" to the Islamic State. 2018-04-9
Warner Brothers is accused of self-censorship after it tagged its own websites for copyright infringement through the search engine Google. 2016-09-6
The European Union formally charges Google with antitrust breaches. 2015-04-15
In Germany, a Hamburg court fines Google €145,000 for violating privacy laws with its Street View service. 2013-04-22
Google agrees to pay $7 millions to settle a privacy lawsuit over the handling of wireless data. 2013-03-12
Google will pay a $7 million penalty to settle an investigation into the collection of e-mails, passwords and other sensitive information sent over wireless networks from 2007–2010 in the United States. Google company cars taking street-level photos for its online mapping service also had been vacuuming up personal data transmitted over wireless networks that weren't protected by passwords. 2013-03-9
The "People's Daily", a Chinese stated-owned newspaper, accuses Internet search engine giant Google of becoming a "political tool" after it claimed that computer hacking aimed at it came from China. 2011-06-6
Google says that its Street View cars collected more information than it previously admitted including e-mails, passwords and URLs and that it would change its privacy practices. 2010-10-22
Google admits it has been mistakenly collecting information people have sent over unencrypted wi-fi networks for the past three years and grounds its Street View cars from collecting wi-fi information. 2010-05-15
Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister He Yafei downplays the government's row with Google, saying it does not affect relations with the United States. 2010-01-21