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Google says plaintiffs in US app tracking case inflating damages to force settlement

By Mike Swift ( January 31, 2025, 23:38 GMT | Insight) -- Google could pay up to $30 billion in damages if a US jury this summer finds that it illegally collected mobile app data after users tried to opt out of that tracking in their device settings, a plaintiff damages expert witness says in an opinion that sharply increases the projected damages amount. Google told a California federal judge that the plaintiffs are using the 60-fold damages increase, which mushroomed from $486 million to as much as $30 billion, to "pressure" the Internet giant to accept a settlement deal before a trial set for August.A plaintiff expert witness's estimate that Google could face up to $30 billion in damages if it loses a privacy trial this summer in California over its tracking of mobile app use is an improper ruse to “pressure” Google into paying a big settlement, the Internet giant told a federal judge....

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