The court in the USA decided that Google should pay $ 425 million for violation of user privacy. The company continued to collect data even from those who disabled the tracking function in the account settings.
The trial took place in the Federal Court of San Francisco. Users claimed that for eight years, Google gained access to their mobile devices, retained information and used it, despite the disconnected parameter “The History of Appendices and the Web Pola”.
Initially, the plaintiffs demanded more than 31 billion dollars of compensation. The jury found the company guilty of two of the three points of charge. At the same time, it was noted that Google did not act with an evil intent, so the penalties were not assigned.
The case is collective status and covers about 98 million users and 174 million devices. The lawsuit was filed back in July 2020. It claimed that the company continued to collect information even through third -party services using its analytical tools.
Google during the hearing stated that the data were unsetalized, stored separately and in encrypted form. According to the company, they did not contact specific accounts or the identity of the user.
Now Google plans to appeal the new court decision.
