Google agreed to pay $68 million to settle claims its voice assistant illegally spied on users, among other things, served ads, Reuters reports.
Google did not admit fault in the settlement of the class-action case, ie accuse really of the “unlawful and intentional interception and recording of confidential communications of individuals without their consent and the unauthorized disclosure of such communications to third parties.” The suit further alleges that “information captured from the recording was improperly sent to third parties for targeted advertising and other purposes.”
The case focuses on “fake accept“Where Google Assistant is allegedly enabling and recording user communications even though they accidentally asked them to do so with their wake word. TechCrunch reached out to Google for comment.
Americans have long suspected that these devices could not spy. That suspicion has led, increasingly, to claims of legal error. In 2021, Apple agreed to pay $95 million to meet the demands of the voice assistant, Siri, has recorded their conversations without prompting from the user.
Google, like other tech giants, has faced privacy-related litigation in recent years. Last year, the company agreed to pay $1.4 billion to the state of Texas to settle two lawsuits that claimed the company. has violated its data privacy laws.
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