"A US federal jury on Wednesday ordered Google to pay about $425 million for gathering information from smartphone app use even when people opted for privacy settings, the company confirmed. "This case is about Google's illegal interception of consumers' private activity on consumer mobile applications (apps)," attorneys for the plaintiffs charged in a class action suit filed in July 2020."
"The jury verdict came at the end of a trial in San Francisco, and a day after a federal judge in Washington, DC, handed the internet giant a victory by rejecting the government's demand that Google sell its Chrome web browser as part of a major antitrust case. "This decision misunderstands how our products work, and we will appeal it," Google spokesperson Jose Castaneda said in a statement. "Our privacy tools give people control over their data, and when they turn off personalization, we honor that choice.""
A federal jury ordered Google to pay about $425 million for gathering information from smartphone app use even when people opted for privacy settings. Plaintiffs alleged Google intercepted, tracked, collected and sold users' mobile app activity data regardless of chosen privacy settings. Plaintiffs' attorneys described Google's privacy promises and assurances as blatant lies. Google said the decision misunderstands how its products work, stated it will appeal, and asserted that its privacy tools give people control and honor choices when personalization is turned off. The verdict followed a trial in San Francisco and coincided with other legal actions involving Google.
Read at US AFPNews
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]