100 Million People Could Qualify for a Piece of Google’s $135 Million Settlement. Here’s What to Know
Google has reached a $135 million settlement in a lawsuit alleging unauthorized data collection from Android users. Approximately 100 million people may qualify for payments, with each eligible individual potentially receiving just over one dollar. The settlement is pending final court approval, with a hearing scheduled for June 23.
- ▪The lawsuit accused Google of collecting user data without permission through Android devices.
- ▪Eligible claimants must be U.S. residents who used an Android device with a cellular data plan since November 12, 2017.
- ▪Each qualified individual could receive a payment of just over one dollar, depending on administrative costs.
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An estimated 100 million people may qualify to receive payments through the $135 million deal Google has reached to settle a lawsuit that accused the company of transferring Android users’ data without their permission. The class-action lawsuit alleged that Google “designed the Android operating system to collect vast amounts of information about its users” and thereby “effectively forces these users to subsidize its surveillance by secretly programming Android devices to constantly transmit user information to Google in real time.”The plaintiffs claimed that Google collected data through their Androids in this way even when they took actions like closing apps or disabling location-sharing.They argued that this data collection constituted a crime known as “conversion,” which occurs when…
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