"A US federal court has told Google to pay $425m (316.3m) for breaching users' privacy by collecting data from millions of users even after they had turned off a tracking feature in their Google accounts. The verdict comes after a group of users brought the case claiming Google accessed users' mobile devices to collect, save and use their data, in violation of privacy assurances in its Web & App Activity setting. They had been seeking more than $31bn in damages."
"Separately this week, shares in Google's parent company Alphabet jumped by more than 9% on Wednesday after a US federal judge ruled that it would not have to sell its Chrome web browser but must share information with competitors. The remedies decided by District Judge Amit Mehta emerged after a years-long court battle over Google's dominance in online search."
A US federal court ordered Google to pay $425 million for collecting data from millions of users after they had disabled a tracking feature in their Google accounts. The class action covered about 98 million users and 174 million devices and sought over $31 billion. The jury found Google liable on two of three privacy claims but did not find malice. Google said it will appeal and maintained that Web & App Activity off still allows Google Analytics to collect usage data that does not identify individual users. Separately, a judge ruled Google can keep Chrome but must share information and cannot use exclusive contracts.
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