Key Facts
• July 2020: Lawsuit filed against Google for unauthorized data collection.
• September 2025: California federal court orders Google to pay $425.7 million (approx. ¥63 billion).
• Over 100 million users joined the class-action lawsuit.
• Plaintiffs claim Google collected app data despite user privacy settings.
• Google argues data was anonymized and users were informed beforehand.
• 2022: Texas sued Google for improper data collection; settled in May 2023 for $1.375 billion.
Summary
A California federal court has ruled that Google must pay $425.7 million in damages for collecting user data without consent, violating privacy rights. The lawsuit, filed in July 2020, became a class action involving over 100 million users. Plaintiffs alleged that Google gathered app usage data even when privacy settings were enabled. Google countered that the data was anonymized and users were informed. This follows a similar case in Texas, where Google settled for $1.375 billion in May 2023. Google plans to appeal the latest ruling.
