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submitted 1 year ago by throws_lemy to c/privacy@programming.dev

A federal jury determined on Wednesday that Alphabet’

Google must pay $425 million for invading users’ privacy by continuing to collect data for millions of users who had switched off a tracking feature in their Google account.

The verdict comes after a trial in the federal court in San Francisco over allegations that Google over an eight-year period accessed users’ mobile devices to collect, save, and use their data, violating privacy assurances under its Web & App Activity setting.

The users had been seeking more than $31 billion in damages.

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[-] xtools@programming.dev 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

definitely, they'll pay the fine and carry on just like always. laws are only for those who can't afford paying off the system

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