Technology,
Civil Litigation
Nov. 16, 2020
Google secretly transmits Android users’ data, complaint says
By using the cellular data purchased by individuals through their mobile providers to passively transfer information, the Alphabet-owned company allegedly foists the data costs onto consumers, claimed the proposed class action filed in federal court in San Jose.




Google forces Android users to subsidize its surveillance by secretly programming devices to constantly transmit data to the company, a proposed class action alleged.
By using the cellular data purchased by individuals through their mobile providers to passively transfer information, the Alphabet-owned company allegedly foists the data costs onto consumers. The information is used for Google's lucrative advertising and product deve...
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