- Allegations that Google illegally collected data from Android phones in order to serve ads.
- The state of Arizona and Google have settled a lawsuit from 2020 for $85 million.
- Lawyers for the states of Indiana, Texas, and the District of Columbia have filed claims against Google over privacy concerns.
Google is in deep trouble yet again. The state of Arizona and Google have settled a lawsuit from 2020 for $85 million. Allegations were made in the lawsuit that Google was illegally collecting data from Android phones in order to serve ads to such devices.
Latest sources indicate that in May 2020, Attorney General Mark Brnovich filed a lawsuit against Google, alleging that the company violated the state’s Consumer Fraud Act by tracking the whereabouts of Android customers even when they had disabled the feature.
Google employees at the time were uncertain about the company’s privacy safeguards. They conceded that it needed tweaking so that when customers tell the corporation not to track their data, it actually stops.
In January, Google also asked the Arizona state court to toss out the case against it. According to Google, there must be a connection between the ad or sale and the fraud in question in order for the state consumer law to apply.
Although the corporation asked for a ruling, the judge ruled against them. This $85 million settlement represents the company’s highest payout to date for a single user in a class action lawsuit.
Google was being sued for more than just this, though. Lawyers for the states of Indiana, Texas, and the District of Columbia have all filed claims against Google over privacy concerns related to data tracking.
