Google agrees to $135 million settlement for collecting Android users’ data

Android users could get a recovery payout of up to $100 each in a proposed settlement Google filed in San Jose, California on Tuesday night. As Reuters reports, the $135 million settlement is for a class action lawsuit claiming that Google collected users’ cellular data without their permission, even while Google apps were closed, location sharing was turned off, and users’ screens were locked.

In addition to the recovery payout, Google has also agreed to make it easier for users to stop cellular data transfers, ask for users’ consent to transfer data during device setup, and disclose data transfers in its Google Play terms of service. Class members who may be eligible to request a payout in the lawsuit include anyone who used an Android mobile device as early as November 12th, 2017.

While Google has agreed to the settlement, it denied wrongdoing related to the lawsuit. Google also recently agreed to settle in a class action lawsuit accusing its Assistant of recording users without their permission.