Federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson dismissed a lawsuit from the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) to block Google's planned privacy changes
EPIC hoped to force the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to block Google's planned privacy changes based on an agreement that Google reached with the FTC last year.
In her ruling on Friday Judge Jackson concluded that the courts cannot review whether the FTC chooses to enforce its legal settlements. The judge dismissed EPIC's lawsuit against the FTC not because of the content of the complaint, but because in her opinion the FTC ruling was not subject to judicial review.
New Google privacy policy starts March 1st
Back in January Google announced that they would be consolidating their many privacy policies spread across many of their services into one simplified policy scheduled to go into effect March 1st.
Critics are saying it is Google's way of using your information from your use of one of their services across many of their services. For example the change means users could see ads in Gmail based on the videos they watch on YouTube.
EPIC to appeal
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) stands firm on their position that Google's privacy changes would violate a settlement Google reached with the FTC last year.
EPIC will appeal the decision on judicial review, asking the DC federal appeals court to rule that courts can require federal agencies to enforce final orders.
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