The class action lawsuit was brought on behalf of an estimated 14 million California Android users, first filed in 2019. Plaintiffs argued that Google's actions imposed "mandatory and unavoidable burdens" for its own benefit, primarily using the data for targeted advertising and consuming users' cellular data at their expense.

Google must pay over $314.6 million to California Android users after a court ruled it improperly accessed user data without permission. The class action lawsuit claims this data transfer benefited Google's advertising and mapping services while violating user privacy.