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Google ordered to pay $425 million in app data collection lawsuit

Google must pay $425 million to the plaintiffs of a class action lawsuit that accused the company of collecting users' data even after they've turned off a tracking feature.

Google must pay $425 million to the plaintiffs of a class action lawsuit that accused the company of collecting users' data even after they've turned off a tracking feature, a federal jury has decided. The plaintiffs' lawyers asked for $31 billion in damages, but the jury only found Google liable on two of the three privacy violation claims. He added that the company's privacy tools give users control over their data and insisted that Google honors people's choice to turn off personalization.

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