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@jbz@indieweb.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

👀 Google hit with $425 million verdict in privacy class action suit

「 A federal jury on Wednesday awarded plaintiffs suing Google $425 million in damages, holding that by collecting the data of users who had switched off an app activity tracking feature the tech giant invaded the privacy of millions 」

https://therecord.media/google-hit-with-425-million-privacy-class-action-verdict

#privacy #google #tracking

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peachfiend - they/them 🏳️‍⚧️
@peachfiend@mastodon.sdf.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
@jbz jury says your privacy is worth about $3.25, assuming a 2020 android user count of 129M people.

not that i'm not glad to see the verdict. i'm tickled pink. i just wonder how much $425M affects how google behaves in future.

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