RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agoGoogle hit with $314m fine for collecting data from idle Android phones without permissionwww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1824arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1821arrow-down1external-linkGoogle hit with $314m fine for collecting data from idle Android phones without permissionwww.androidauthority.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square61fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·24 days agoBreak the law and pay 0.014% of your market cap, or 0.31% of their 2024 profit.
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·24 days ago(Also not change anything besides maybe make a terms upade.) The horror!!
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·24 days agoTrue, the economy is saved!!
minus-squareatrielienz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·24 days agoThey already argued once in court that this was detailed in the TOS. Dunno if the appeal will do anything, but Google isn’t exactly hurting for the money.
Break the law and pay 0.014% of your market cap, or 0.31% of their 2024 profit.
(Also not change anything besides maybe make a terms upade.)
The horror!!
They’ll likely appeal.
True, the economy is saved!!
They already argued once in court that this was detailed in the TOS. Dunno if the appeal will do anything, but Google isn’t exactly hurting for the money.