Google Ordered to Pay $315M for Taking Data from Idle Android Phones

Title: Google hit with $314 million US verdict in cellular data class action, which fits, why the edit - you might has well have mentioned it's jury decision in California only, like past submissions?

Re: Google Ordered to Pay $315M for Taking Data from Idle Android Phones

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jul 02, 2025, 11:28 PM UTC

add-sub-mul-div wrote: post #3

If Google pays in advance do they get to lock in this rate for next year?

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Re: Google Ordered to Pay $315M for Taking Data from Idle Android Phones

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Post by TacticalCoder » Wed, Jul 02, 2025, 11:31 PM UTC

ajyey wrote: post #2

So a tiny slap on the wrist

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Re: Google Ordered to Pay $315M for Taking Data from Idle Android Phones

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Post by brink » Wed, Jul 02, 2025, 11:50 PM UTC

ajyey wrote: post #2

So a tiny slap on the wrist

Tired of this copy-paste comment. It shows up on literally every lawsuit thread.

Re: Google Ordered to Pay $315M for Taking Data from Idle Android Phones

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Post by cadamsdotcom » Wed, Jul 02, 2025, 11:53 PM UTC

Analysts are now thinking in EBITDAS: Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, Amortization, and Slaps on the Wrist.

Re: Google Ordered to Pay $315M for Taking Data from Idle Android Phones

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Post by accoil » Wed, Jul 02, 2025, 11:54 PM UTC

add-sub-mul-div wrote: post #3

If Google pays in advance do they get to lock in this rate for next year?

Don't fines generally escalate for repeat offenders?

Re: Google Ordered to Pay $315M for Taking Data from Idle Android Phones

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Post by monsieurgaufre » Thu, Jul 03, 2025, 12:26 AM UTC

brink wrote: post #7

ajyey wrote: post #2

So a tiny slap on the wrist

Tired of this copy-paste comment. It shows up on literally every lawsuit thread.

Still is true.