Google lost a bid to block a privacy lawsuit in the U.K. over alleged unauthorized placement of cookies on devices running Apple’s Safari browser when the U.K. High Court ruled on Thursday that the case falls within the scope of the country’s jurisdiction. A group of U.K. Internet privacy activists have sued Google for allegedly circumventing the security settings in Safari in order to plant a cookie used to covertly track online usage and deliver targeted ads, according to information in the court’s ruling.
