"Earlier this month, a federal jury ruled that the company must pay $425.7 million for collecting data from users' smartphones even after they had opted out of tracking. The class action lawsuit, filed in July 2020, accused Google of violating assurances in its Web & App Activity setting, which is meant to let users control what information is shared. It's even one of the privacy settings we recommend you turn off before using Google."
"The plaintiffs sought more than $31 billion in damages, claiming Google's disclosures were vague and misleading about how much control users actually had over their data privacy. Google countered that its policies were clear, insisting users had misunderstood how its products worked. "Our privacy tools give people control over their data, and when they turn off personalisation, we honour that choice," a spokesperson said. The company also argued the collected data was "nonpersonal" and "pseudonymous," stored in segregated, encrypted locations"
A federal jury ordered Google to pay $425.7 million for collecting smartphone data after users had opted out of tracking. The class action filed in July 2020 claimed Google violated assurances in its Web & App Activity setting that let users control shared information. The certified class covered about 98 million Google accounts and 174 million devices. Plaintiffs sought over $31 billion, alleging vague and misleading disclosures about user control. Google argued policies were clear and that collected data was nonpersonal and pseudonymous, stored separately and not linked to individuals. The jury found Google liable on two of three privacy claims but not malicious.
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