{"id":32845,"date":"2025-07-02T14:56:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T14:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/32845\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T14:56:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T14:56:11","slug":"google-slammed-with-massive-android-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/32845\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Slammed With Massive Android Verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><a href=\"https:\/\/seekingalpha.com\/news\/4464619-google-faces-314m-us-jury-verdict-in-cellular-data-lawsuit#source=url_first_level%3Amarket-news%7Csection%3Amagnificent-7-stocks%7Csection_asset%3Anews_title\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:A San Jose jury;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">A San Jose jury<\/a> ruled that Google (<a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/GOOG\" data-ylk=\"slk:NASDAQ:GOOG;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NASDAQ:GOOG<\/a>) misused idle Android phone data without user consent, saddling users with mandatory and unavoidable cellular-data burdens while the devices were idlecosts that netted Google ad-revenue benefits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">The case, filed in 2019 on behalf of roughly 14 million Californians, argued that background data collection for targeted ads exceeded any reasonable user understanding or permission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Google&#8217;s defensethat users agreed to data transfers via its terms of service and suffered no harmfell flat with jurors, who awarded plaintiffs $314,646,109.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Google spokesperson Jose Castaneda called the decision a setback for users and said the company will appeal, arguing the ruling misunderstands critical security and performance services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Plaintiffs&#8217; attorney Glen Summers said the verdict forcefully vindicates the lawsuit&#8217;s merit and underscores Google&#8217;s misconduct.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">The California verdict marks the first major blow but isn&#8217;t the last legal skirmish: a separate federal class action on behalf of Android users outside California is slated for trial in April 2026. That case could amplify damages if plaintiffs replicate their California success nationwide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Why It Matters: A seven-figure jury award highlights the legal risks tech giants face over opaque data practices and could inspire similar suits in other states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Investors will track Google&#8217;s appeal progress and the April 2026 federal trial for clues on potential additional liabilities and any resulting changes to Android&#8217;s data-collection policies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">This article first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gurufocus.com\/news\/2957009\/google-slammed-with-massive-android-verdict?r=caf6fe0e0db70d936033da5461e60141\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:GuruFocus;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">GuruFocus<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A San Jose jury ruled that Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) misused idle Android phone data without user consent, saddling users&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":32846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[27581,2722,27580,611,158,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-32845","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-android-phone","9":"tag-google","10":"tag-jose-castaneda","11":"tag-mobile","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114784225742881977","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}