TLDR InfoSec · MISCELLANEOUS

GOOGLE ORDERED TO PAY $314M FOR MISUSING ANDROID USERS' CELLULAR DATA WITHOUT PERMISSION

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A California court has ordered Google to pay $314 million for illegally using Android users' cellular data without consent. The lawsuit revealed that Google transferred device information even when phones were idle, which used up users' data allowances. Google intends to appeal this ruling.