Google says ‘decision misunderstands how our products work’ on judgement that fines the company $425 million in privacy lawsuit

The US federal jury has ordered tech giant Google to pay $425 million in damages after finding the company violated users’ privacy by collecting data even when a key tracking feature is switched off. The class-action case alleged that Google gathered user information via its web and app activity setting. The company collected the data of about 98 millions users and 174 million devices for over a period of 8 years. The case also allege that the company gathered information despite users opting out.

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