A class action complaint filed in San Jose federal court alleges that Google Inc. broke the law when its controversial Google Buzz service shared personal data without the consent of users.
The case was filed on Wednesday on behalf of Eva Hibnick, a Florida woman, by law firms in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. William Audet of Audet & Partners LLP in San Francisco declined to comment.
The filing is the latest in a string of criticisms generated by the Mountain View Internet giant's social networking tool, since it launched last week.
The feature allows users to post updates, videos, photos and links within its popular e-mail service in a manner similar to Facebook's News Feed. But privacy groups assailed the fact that users' "followers" were pre-selected based on those they frequently e-mail or chat with. Those people, in turn, could automatically see all the other followers, as well as photos and information shared in other Google products like Reader and Picasa.
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