Court upholds Google’s $13 million settlement in privacy case

By Luke Gentile

Published December 28, 2021 7:00pm ET

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Court upholds Google’s $13 million settlement in privacy case — Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, speaks at the AARP Presidential Candidates Forum at the Hotel at Kirkwood Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday, July 17, 2019. | (Olivia Sun/The Des Moines Register via AP)

A federal judge ruled in favor of Google on Monday when she upheld the company’s settlement in a class-action lawsuit that alleged Google’s Street View program illegally collected Wi-Fi data.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the allegation that Google’s $13 million settlement distributed money unfairly, according to a report.

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