Google Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Allegations of User Privacy Violations with Gemini

Google is currently facing a class action lawsuit in California, accused of using its smart assistant, Gemini, to monitor user communications on applications like Gmail, Chat, and Meet without user knowledge or consent.

The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday evening in federal court in San Jose, claims that Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet, secretly activated the Gemini tool across all its applications last October, enabling access to users' private data, including message content and email attachments.

While Google provides an option to disable Gemini, the lawsuit alleges that accessing the necessary privacy settings to do so is overly complicated and challenging. The documents suggest that keeping the tool active allows Google "full access to users' private communication history and the ability to exploit it."

The lawsuit is based on the California Privacy Act of 1967, which prohibits the secret listening or recording of communications without the consent of all parties involved.

As of now, Google has not issued an official comment regarding the allegations, and the case is expected to spark significant discussion about tech companies' practices concerning artificial intelligence and personal data access.