By Aimee Picchi
Publication Date: 2026-04-14 20:26:00
Millions of Android users could be eligible for a payment under a $135 million class-action settlement over allegations that Google’s operating system caused mobile devices to send data without users’ permission.
People who used Android mobile devices to connect to the internet over a cellular network from Nov. 12, 2017, to the present could qualify for the payment, according to the settlement website.
The lawsuit, filed in 2020, alleged that Google’s Android platform transferred data without device owners’ knowledge. Data was allegedly transmitted even when devices were idle, including when they were not in use and when all apps were closed, eating up people’s cellular data.
“Google effectively forces these users to subsidize its surveillance by secretly programming Android devices to constantly transmit user information to Google in real time, thus appropriating the valuable cellular data users have purchased,” the lawsuit alleged.
Google denied…
