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Google Ordered to Pay $314M for Misusing Android Users' Cellular Data Without Permis - Stanley - Jul 14, 2025
Google Ordered to Pay $314M for Misusing Android Users' Cellular Data Without Permis
Google has been ordered by a court in the U.S. state of California to pay $314 million over charges that it misused Android device users' cellular data when they were idle to passively send information to the company.
The verdict marks an end to a legal class-action complaint that was originally filed in August 2019.
In their lawsuit, the plaintiffs argued that Google's Android operating system
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