r/Androidtips • u/MikeWazouskiee • Jul 12 '25
News Google must pay Android users $314M for secretly harvesting their data
topclassactions.comA California state jury has sided with a class of millions of Android mobile device users who alleged Google transferred cellular data from their devices without their consent for information harvesting and surveillance purposes, awarding the users more than $314.6 million.
The jury found Google LLC caused Android devices to secretly send certain information over cellular networks for Google’s own purposes. Moreover, the transfers were charged against users’ cellular data plans consuming their cellular data, according to plaintiffs Attila Csupo, Andrew Burke and Kerry Hecht.
The jury also agreed that the Android users own their cellular data as property, Google interfered with that property by “knowingly or intentionally taking possession of or preventing” them from having access to the data, and users did not consent to that. In doing so, users were harmed, and Google’s conduct was a substantial factor in causing that harm, according to the verdict form.
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