Google secured a significant legal win Friday. A federal judge in San Francisco rejected a consumer bid seeking over $2 billion in penalties.
The class-action lawsuit alleged Google improperly collected data. Consumers claimed the company gathered information even after users disabled a key privacy setting.
The case specifically involved data collection after users turned off the "Web & App Activity" setting. This ruling averts substantial financial liability for Google. It marks a key outcome in the company's ongoing legal challenges regarding user data privacy.