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# [Google Sued Over Buzz](https://www.ironpaper.com/current/2010/02/google-sued-over-buzz)

 Written by [Ironpaper](https://www.ironpaper.com/current/author/admin) | Feb 18, 2010 4:20:43 PM

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.

[View full post](https://www.ironpaper.com/current/2010/02/google-sued-over-buzz)

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