The 2019 lawsuit accused Google of using Android users' cellular data without consent to run activities like targeted ads. Google says it will appeal, which could delay any payout.

In a significant legal setback, Google was fined $314 million for surreptitiously gathering data from Android phones that were not in use. The tech giant Google has been fined $314 million for secretly collecting data from idle Android phones,

The plaintiffs filed the class action lawsuit in state court in 2019 on behalf of an estimated 14 million Californians.