Google ordered to pay damages for failing to comply with privacy settings
Stockholm, September 4 (Hibya) - U.S. tech giant Google has been ordered to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in damages for collecting data on users’ online behavior despite their activating privacy settings. The company said the ruling was based on a misunderstanding and that it planned to appeal.
A federal jury in San Francisco ruled that U.S. tech giant Google must pay $425 million in damages for collecting information through smartphone apps, even when users were in privacy mode.
The class action lawsuit against Google was launched five years ago, alleging that the company tracked users, collected data about them, and sold it regardless of phone settings. The plaintiffs’ lawyers said that all of Google’s statements about security and privacy were completely false.
A company spokesperson said the ruling would be challenged because it was based on a misunderstanding of how these products work. The spokesperson added that Google’s privacy tools give users full control over their data and that the company fully respects this.
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