The class-action lawsuit alleged that Google “designed the Android operating system to collect vast amounts of information about its users” and thereby “effectively forces these users to subsidize its surveillance by secretly programming Android devices to constantly transmit user information to Google in real time.”
They argued that this data collection constituted a crime known as “conversion,” which occurs when one party takes another’s property with the intent to deprive them of it.
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Here’s how to know if you would qualify for payment under the settlement and, if so, what you need to do to claim a portion of it.
Even if you are among that group, however, you would not be eligible if you were compensated in a previous $350 million Google settlement in a similar lawsuit that included only California residents.
How much money could claimants receive?
Each person who qualifies for the settlement would be paid the same amount. The settlement funds would also be used for administrative costs, legal fees, and taxes, which could reduce the size of those payments.
If you are qualified for the settlement, you will be issued payment even if you do nothing. However, the settlement website warns, you “run the risk of not receiving a payment from this Settlement” if you do not go through the process of selecting a payment method.
How to opt out of the settlement
Though final approval of the settlement is still pending, the deadline for those who are qualified to exclude themselves from or object to the settlement is coming up later this week, on Friday, May 29.
Information about how to submit those requests and what information must be included is detailed on the settlement website.
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