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Google facing $425.7 million in damages for nearly a decade of improper smartphone snooping
A federal jury found Google liable for privacy violations involving data from 98 million users despite disabled tracking settings, awarding $425 million in damages without punitive penalties.
- A US federal jury ruled on September 3, 2025, that Google must pay $425.7 million for collecting data from 98 million users despite disabled privacy settings.
- This verdict followed a July 2020 class action alleging Google continued data collection via apps like Uber and Instagram even when users switched off tracking features.
- The San Francisco trial held Google responsible for privacy breaches but did not find evidence of malice; in response, Google maintained that the information collected was anonymized and protected, and the company intends to challenge the verdict.
- Over the past two years, Google updated its policies to allow easier control of personalized ads and changed Gmail ad presentations, responding to regulators' demands including France's CNIL fines.
- This landmark decision highlights increased legal accountability for privacy violations and reflects collaboration between top law firms and trial consultants like Dubin Research & Consulting.
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Google must pay $425m in class action over privacy, US jury rules
A federal jury determined on Wednesday that Alphabet's Google must pay $425m (R7.52bn) for invading users' privacy by continuing to collect data for millions of users who had switched off a tracking feature in their Google account.
Juries in San Francisco are making a million-dollar payment to Google. The tech company is said to have violated the privacy of millions of US users. Google is resisting the verdict.
Jury orders Google to pay $425 mil over app privacy
A U.S. federal jury on Wednesday ordered Google to pay about $425 million for gathering information from smartphone app use even when people opted for privacy settings, the company confirmed. "This case is about Google's illegal interception of consumers' private activity on consumer mobile applications (apps)," attorneys for the plaintiffs…
Google ordered to pay US users $425 million ｜ DPA
Google has been ordered to pay over $425 million to US users following a class action lawsuit, although the company said on Thursday it disputes the allegations and plans to appeal. The case involved the allegation that some data from users who had disabled the collection of Web and App Activity in their Google settings still reached the internet company through other services and websites. Jurors in San Francisco found this meant Google was vio…
Jury orders Google to pay $425 million for unlawfully tracking millions of users
The Web & App Activity feature is a central component of Google's privacy controls, designed to let users manage whether their searches, location history, and interactions with Google services or partner websites and apps are stored.Read Entire Article
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