Core Viewpoint - A federal jury has ruled that Alphabet's Google must pay $425 million for violating user privacy by continuing to collect data from users who had disabled a tracking feature in their accounts [1][4]. Group 1: Legal Proceedings - The jury found Google liable on two of the three claims of privacy violations, but determined that Google did not act with malice, thus no punitive damages were awarded [3]. - The class action lawsuit was filed in July 2020, alleging that Google continued to collect user data despite the tracking setting being turned off, through partnerships with apps like Uber, Venmo, and Instagram [4][5]. - The case was certified as a class action, covering approximately 98 million Google users and 174 million devices [5]. Group 2: Financial Implications - Users sought over $31 billion in damages, but the jury's ruling resulted in a significantly lower penalty of $425 million [2][9]. - Google previously faced other privacy lawsuits, including a settlement of nearly $1.4 billion with Texas earlier this year over similar allegations [5]. Group 3: Google's Defense - Google claimed that the data collected was "nonpersonal, pseudonymous, and stored in segregated, secured, and encrypted locations" [4]. - A spokesperson for Google confirmed the verdict, while the company has consistently denied any wrongdoing [3].