
Lawsuits against Google Regarding Privacy and Tracking | Veterans Email Program
Google has faced several lawsuits related to privacy issues, resulting in significant settlement payouts. Here are some notable examples: $391.5 million privacy settlement (2022): Google reached a record settlement with a 40-state coalition of Attorneys General for misleading users into thinking they had turned off location tracking in their account settings while continuing to collect that information[1]. $23 million search privacy settlement (2023): Google agreed to pay a settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit that accused the company of sharing users' search queries and histories with third-party websites and companies without obtaining their permission. This was claimed to be a violation of privacy laws and a breach of Google's privacy pledge to its users[2]. $100 million biometric privacy settlement (2022): Google settled a class-action lawsuit that alleged the company violated…