Citing the Supreme Court’s decision in the Spokeo case, Google is asking a U.S. district judge to dismiss claims it disregards privacy laws, MediaPost reports. Google filed court papers in response to allegations it violates federal and state privacy laws by scanning emails in order to serve ads. A lawsuit from San Francisco resident Dan Matera claims Google illegally “intercepts” email messages, which forced him to interact with Gmail users, even though he did not have a Gmail account. Thanks to the result of the Spokeo case, Google wants Matera’s case thrown out, saying he cannot show a concrete injury, the report states. "Plaintiff does not allege, for example, that the alleged violations led to the disclosure of his confidential information to third parties, or that he suffered any other purported harm from the alleged 'interceptions' of his emails,” Google wrote in the papers. Editor’s Note: The Privacy Advisor recently looked at the likely impact of the Spokeo ruling.
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