Settlement approved in class action over Google location tracking

The Ninth Circuit upheld final approval of a class settlement against Google over allegations it kept tracking and storing users' location data even after they switched off Location History. The court found a formal claims process would cost more to run than the payouts would be worth to individual class members.

Money will instead be distributed without requiring users to file individual claims, since each share would be too small to matter on its own.

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