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NSO $168 million verdict highlights Google quandary in quantifying value of privacy

By Mike Swift ( May 14, 2025, 21:46 GMT | Comment) -- The $168 million verdict that a federal jury in California handed out last week to NSO Group Technologies underscores the challenge of putting a dollar value on privacy. WhatsApp’s lawyers in the case recommended damages between $52 and $59 million, but a diverse jury tripled that, emphasizing the unpredictability of privacy litigation. As Google prepares for a jury trial in San Francisco, which the dollar-value of privacy is very much at issue, it will have to face that same level of uncertainty about how a group of regular people might value their privacy. The eye-opening $168 million verdict that a federal jury in Oakland, California, handed out last week to NSO Group Technologies over its Pegasus spyware underscores the legal risks companies face in trying a privacy case to a jury....

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