Overview

• Jurors in San Francisco found Google liable on two of three privacy claims and rejected a finding of malice, removing the possibility of punitive damages.
• Plaintiffs said Google continued to capture users’ mobile app activity via third‑party apps such as Uber, Venmo and Instagram even when Web & App Activity was turned off.
• The class action, filed in 2020, spans roughly eight years and covers about 98 million users across 174 million devices.
• Google said the decision misunderstands how its products work, argued the data at issue was nonpersonal and pseudonymous, and said it will appeal.
• France’s CNIL separately fined Google €325 million and ordered changes to Gmail ad displays and cookie consent, with daily penalties for noncompliance.