Google to get final approval for $68 million US voice assistant privacy settlement
By Mike Swift ( October 1, 2026, 20:00 GMT | Insight) -- Google's $68 million settlement of class claims that its voice assistant illegally recorded some conversations will get final approval, a US judge in Silicon Valley said Thursday, despite her concerns with the fee awards sought by plaintiff lawyers in the long-running case.Google will win final approval of a $68 million class-action settlement that ends seven years of litigation over allegations Google’s voice assistant illegally recorded users’ conversations, a US judge in California said Thursday....
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