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Google settles a $5 billion privacy lawsuit alleging that it spied on users using "incognito" mode in its Chrome browser, misleading users by implying their internet activities would not be tracked, while advertising technologies continued to collect information.
2023-12-30

U.S. senators question lawyers representing Facebook, Twitter and Google about Russian activity on their platforms during the 2016 United States presidential election.
2017-10-31

Google strikes a $1.1bn (£822m) deal with Taiwan's HTC to expand its smartphone business.
2017-09-21

Google's offices in central Paris are raided by French finance officials as part of a tax fraud investigation. Google is accused of owing €1.6bn ($1.8bn; £1.3bn) in unpaid taxes.
2016-05-24

Negotiators for the European Commission and the United States agree on a pact protecting data transfers across the North Atlantic by companies such as Google and Amazon, imposing on such companies certain privacy shield obligations.
2016-02-2

The Solicitor General of the United States sides with Oracle in a much-watched copyright dispute with Google over Java APIs.
2015-05-28

In Germany, a Hamburg court fines Google €145,000 for violating privacy laws with its Street View service.
2013-04-22

Google+, the social network service developed by search engine giant Google, is released to the general public.
2011-09-21

A US judge blocks an agreement between Google and publishers about efforts to digitize books online at Google Books.
2011-03-22

After being released by the authorities, Google executive Wael Ghonim addresses the crowds in Tahrir Square.
2011-02-9