Google Beats Again Privacy Class Suit Over Android App Tracking

Google LLC avoided a proposed class action alleging it improperly collected data from users of mobile phones using its Android operating system, a federal count ruled.

Marie Hammerling and Kay Jackson failed to adequately plead any of their 10 claims, Judge Charles R. Breyer of the US District Court for the Northern District of California ruled for the second time in five months.

Hammerling and Jackson alleged in the lawsuit that the tech giant tracks phone users on non-Google apps without their permission, in violation of its own privacy pledges and California’s consumer-protection laws.

Breyer dismissed the lawsuit in July, ...