[gst]

There are some lawyers in Germany that already now presume that Google Analytics is illegal: http://eu.techcrunch.com/2009/11/24/google-analytics-illegal.... And due to the German "Abmahnung" law (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abmahnung) it's rather easy for them to "fine" you if you use it anyway: "One German lawyer that gets cited in the article says the penalties could amount up to €50,000 (about $75,000) per website that uses Google Analytics to keep track of its visitors’ usage patterns."

[blub]

Good. User tracking is antisocial and Google is one of the worst offenders.

[biafra]

They are not suing Google. They are suing website owners using Google Analytics without consent from the users. They tried to reach an agreement with Google first.