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Fairness of Google location-tracking settlement without direct payments weighed by US court

By Maria Dinzeo ( June 11, 2025, 22:24 GMT | Insight) -- At a hearing today, a federal appeals court weighed whether it was fair for Google to settle a major location-tracking privacy lawsuit by sending $42 million to digital rights organizations and universities instead of compensating the 247 million mobile users whose movements were allegedly tracked without consent — even if those users would have received no more than 25 cents apiece.If Google were to distribute $42 million set aside for an estimated class of 247.7 million mobile users whose locations were stored despite disabling location history on their phones, each person would receive no more than 25 cents.  ...

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