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Google hit with $314m fine for collecting data from idle Android phones without permission
(www.androidauthority.com)
this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2025
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Break the law and pay 0.014% of your market cap, or 0.31% of their 2024 profit.
(Also not change anything besides maybe make a terms upade.)
The horror!!
They'll likely appeal.
True, the economy is saved!!
They already argued once in court that this was detailed in the TOS. Dunno if the appeal will do anything, but Google isn't exactly hurting for the money.