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The Ninth Circuit required consent to be assessed against the particular conduct and the disclosures a reasonable user would understand. It returned the Chrome data-collection dispute for further proceedings.
Case record
- US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- California privacy and federal interception claims
- 22-16993
- Summary judgment reversed and remanded
- 20 August 2024
- 16 October 2026
What this record establishes
This page describes the cited opinion or order. A dismissal, pleading decision, standing ruling or jurisdiction decision has a different scope from a merits judgment. Later proceedings and appeals may change the position. Unpublished and nonprecedential decisions are identified in the status where applicable.
Checks for your own systems
Inth’s technical interpretation: use this case to choose what evidence to collect in your own implementation. These checks are not instructions issued by the court or regulator.
- Keep the exact notice, screen sequence and version the user saw.
- Match each claimed consent to the particular collection, purpose and recipient.
- Check how notice and assent work on mobile, during sign-up and in embedded flows.
Sources and limits
Source review: 16 October 2026. This record covers the cited source and procedural stage. It does not audit the organisation’s present implementation or establish every later legal development.