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Google pays $68M to settle claims its voice assistant spied on users

TechCrunch · Lucas Ropek · last updated
Google did not admit wrongdoing in the settlement of the class-action case, which accused the firm of “unlawful and intentional interception and recording of individuals’ confidential communications without their consent and subsequent unauthorized disclosure of those communications to third parties.”

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