Google collects a ton of data on us. It uses that data for targeted advertising, which, based on Google’s latest financial report, is a lucrative business that brought in over $70 billion in revenue ...

June 4 (Reuters) - Class actions rarely go to trial, which is why a case against Google is proving to be an outlier. The tech giant is defending itself before a jury in Santa Clara County, California, ...

A jury in California has ordered Google to pay a $314.6 million fine for collecting and misusing Android users’ cellphone data without consent, Reuters reports. The class-action lawsuit was filed on ...

July 1 (Reuters) - A jury in San Jose, California, said on Tuesday that Google misused customers' cell phone data and must pay more than $314.6 million to Android smartphone users in the state, ...

The company will appeal the payout, which will otherwise go to Android users in California whose cellular data was used to transmit information back to Google for uses like targeted advertising. There ...

The 2019 lawsuit accused Google of using Android users' cellular data without consent to run activities like targeted ads. Google says it will appeal, which could delay any payout. Jibin is a tech ...

Google told the court that no Android users were harmed by the data transfers and that users consented to them. A jury in San Jose, California, said on Tuesday that Google misused customers' cell ...

PCMag editors select and review products independently. If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing. A jury in California has ordered Google to pay a ...