Google Ordered to Pay $425M in Class Action Lawsuit

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A verdict has been reached in a lawsuit alleging that Google unlawfully collected information from 98 million cellphone users who requested not to have their app activity tracked.

A California federal jury ordered Google to pay over $425 million in damages following a nearly three-week trial.

The lawsuit alleges that Google unlawfully saved and used information about consumers’ activities on third-party apps even after users opted out of tracking. The data was reportedly collected between July 2016 and September 2024.

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