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Eric1491625 t1_iwf0a84 wrote

Reply to comment by carvedmuss8 in Google settles “Location History” lawsuit with 40 states, will pay $392 million by ewzetf

Funny thing is $392 million is not even enough for that if they distributed it among all the adults in the US who use Google.

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carvedmuss8 t1_iwf0qtn wrote

Lawyers get 35-40% of that too

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OU812Grub t1_iwiyn6b wrote

I think the states get 100% of the settlement. I’ve never seen any direct money from settlements or fines the government imposes or win.

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Mister_Weiss t1_iwg5hsl wrote

Except they don’t, and won’t. The customer never sees a penny. It’s a “fine” so it goes into the general fund coffers.

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