Plaintiffs argue Alphabet’s profits from unauthorized data collection far exceed previous court awards.
SAN FRANCISCO — American users have filed a new legal motion against Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, demanding an additional $2.36 billion in profits allegedly gained from unlawful data collection practices. The filing follows a previous court ruling granting $425 million to affected users in a case centered on Google’s gathering of app data without consent.
The plaintiffs described the new claim as a “conservative estimate” of Google’s illicit earnings, arguing that the company continued to benefit from privacy violations even after the earlier judgment. According to court documents, Google allegedly collected data from millions of users who had disabled account tracking features, raising renewed questions about user control and transparency.
In response, Google denied any wrongdoing, asserting that all collected data was anonymized and that the company’s privacy tools give users full control over their information. However, privacy advocates note that the lack of visible policy changes following two legal defeats has fueled public skepticism about the company’s accountability.
Experts say the outcome of this case could set a new precedent for data privacy enforcement in the United States, testing how far regulators and courts are willing to go in holding tech giants accountable for digital transparency.
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