Google is facing a demand to forfeit an additional $2.36 billion in profits in a consumer privacy class-action lawsuit. This comes after a jury had already awarded users $425 million, finding that the company had secretly collected app activity data from millions of users who had disabled an account tracking feature. The plaintiffs in the case have called the requested amount a "conservative approximation" of Google's profits from this data collection. In response to this development, Google has asked the judge to decertify the class of 98 million users and to vacate the original verdict. The company argues that the claims are dependent on individual factors like app usage and user expectations and that there is a lack of common issues among the class members. The plaintiffs have stated that despite the verdict, Google has not altered its privacy disclosures or its data collection practices.
Google Faces Additional $2.36 Billion Forfeiture Demand in Privacy Lawsuit
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