Summary
Google has been ordered by a federal jury to pay $425 million for gathering data from users who had turned off a tracking feature in their account settings. Google plans to challenge this ruling in court. The case was a class-action lawsuit filed by users claiming Google violated privacy assurances through its Web & App Activity setting.
Key Facts
- A federal jury decided Google must pay $425 million for a privacy violation.
- The lawsuit claims Google collected data from users who switched off a tracking feature.
- The case involved 98 million Google users and 174 million devices.
- Users filed the lawsuit in July 2020 and initially sought $31 billion in damages.
- Google plans to appeal the jury's decision.
- Google says it respects user choices when they turn off personalization settings.
