Firebase
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| Industry | Computing and development tools |
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| Founded | September 13, 2010 |
| Headquarters | United States  |
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| Website | firebase |
Firebase, Inc.[1] is a set of backend cloud computing services and application development platforms provided by Google. It hosts databases, services, authentication, and integration for a variety of applications, including Android, iOS, JavaScript, Node.js, Java, Unity, PHP, and C++.
User privacy controversies
Firebase has been claimed to be used by Google to track users without their knowledge. On July 14, 2020, a lawsuit was filed accusing Google of violating federal wire tap law and California privacy law. It stated that through Firebase, Google collected and stored user data, logging what the user was looking at in many types of apps, despite the user following Google's own instructions to turn off the web and app activity collected by the company.[2] The lawsuit was dismissed in January 2022, with Chief US District Judge Richard Seeborg ruling that a promise to avoid collecting user data did not amount to a contract.[3]
External links
- ^ "Firebase, Inc". OpenCorporates. September 13, 2010. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
- ^ "Google faces lawsuit over tracking in apps even when users opted out". Reuters. July 14, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
- ^ "US federal judge dismisses breach of contract claims in privacy class action against Google". www.jurist.org. January 27, 2022. Retrieved May 18, 2022.