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Google must pay $425 million in class action over privacy, jury rules (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 3 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/privacy@programming.dev

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A federal jury determined on Wednesday that Alphabet’

Google must pay $425 million for invading users’ privacy by continuing to collect data for millions of users who had switched off a tracking feature in their Google account.

The verdict comes after a trial in the federal court in San Francisco over allegations that Google over an eight-year period accessed users’ mobile devices to collect, save, and use their data, violating privacy assurances under its Web & App Activity setting.

The users had been seeking more than $31 billion in damages.

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[–] the_q@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Isn't that like .01% of Alphabet's value? Pfft... Go easy on 'em...

[–] cardfire@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

That's ... Likely less than a dollar for each American after lawyers fees.