US EditionGoogle ordered to pay US$314-million for misusing customers’ cell phone data
CALIFORNIA, JUL 2 – A San Jose jury found Google covertly collected data from 14 million California Android users without consent, awarding $314.6 million in damages for unauthorized cellular data use.
- A jury in San Jose, California, found that Google misused customers’ cell phone data and ordered the company to pay over $314.6 million to Android users in the state.
- The jury agreed with plaintiffs that Alphabet's Google was liable for sending and receiving data without permission while devices were idle, causing burdens for users.
- Google stated that no Android users were harmed by the data transfers and that users consented in terms of service, as reported by a Google spokesperson.
- Plaintiffs' attorney Glen Summers said the verdict reflects the seriousness of Google’s misconduct, stating it vindicates the case's merits.
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Google will have to distribute more than $314 million to about 14 million California users of Android operating system phones, after a San Jose state court ruled against a tech giant.It is an average of at least US$20,000 per client.The plaintiffs reported that Alphabet Inc. was sending and receiving information from devices without permission and for their benefit while the phones were inactive.
Google Caught: $314M Verdict, Data Harvesting
A California jury has ordered Google to pay $314.6 million after determining the tech giant secretly collected cellular data from Android users without their consent. The ruling caps a years-long legal battle accusing Google of exploiting idle devices to transmit information for advertising and mapping services. The class-action lawsuit, filed in 2019 in San Jose federal court, covered roughly 14 million Android users in California. Jurors found…
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California Jury Orders Google To Pay $314 Million To Android Users
Imagine your phone quietly sipping your data—even when it’s just sitting idle on the table. That’s exactly what a California jury believes Google did, and now the tech giant has been slapped with a $314.6 million fine for it.The lawsuit, filed in 2019, accused Google of collecting user data from Android phones without permission—even when they weren’t in use. That data? Allegedly used for things like targeted ads, all while Android users unknowi…
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