05:27 AM EDT, 08/21/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) Google ( GOOG ) must face a class-action lawsuit by users of Google Chrome who alleged that the company collected private information without permission, a US appeals court ruled Tuesday, according to media outlets.

Federal judges ruled 3-0 that the lower court should have allowed the suit to go forward. The class action covers Chrome users who choose not to connect their browsers to their Google ( GOOG ) email accounts after July 27, 2016, Reuters reported.

The decision came after Google ( GOOG ) destroyed billions of records to settle another lawsuit claiming it tracked people without authorization, the reports said.

Google ( GOOG ) did not immediately respond to MT Newswires' request for comment.

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