{"id":498655,"date":"2026-01-27T17:42:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T21:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/google-will-pay-68-million-to-settle-accusations-of-secretly-recording-users\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T17:42:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T21:42:34","slug":"google-will-pay-68-million-to-settle-accusations-of-secretly-recording-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/google-will-pay-68-million-to-settle-accusations-of-secretly-recording-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Google will pay $68 million to settle accusations of secretly recording users"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Los Angeles.<\/strong> &#8211; Google agreed to pay $68 million to settle a class-action lawsuit in California in which users of smart devices allege that its voice assistant secretly recorded their conversations, violating privacy.\n\nThe agreement, which still needs a judge&#8217;s approval, was presented last week in a federal court in San Jose (California).\n\nThe tech giant was accused of illegally recording and disseminating private conversations collected through Google Assistant.\n\nThe lawsuit alleges that this tool was activated and recorded the user&#8217;s communications even without the user intentionally activating it with key phrases such as &#8220;Hey Google&#8221; or &#8220;Okay Google&#8221;, or when a button on a device is manually pressed, be it smartphones, laptops, tablets, media players, wireless headphones or Google virtual assistants, which allow recording.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We recommend reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/tecnologia\/meta-y-youtube-enfrentan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meta and YouTube face a historic trial for accusations of youth addiction<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Google-grabar-en-secreto-1.webp?resize=900%2C626&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Google grabar en secreto\" class=\"wp-image-2447451\" style=\"width:558px;height:auto\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-grandes-tecnologicas-enfrentan-demandas-similares\">Big tech companies face similar lawsuits<\/h2>\n\n\nIn the legal complaint, users claimed to have received personalized ads based on what they had recently conversed about.\n\nGoogle Assistant allegedly recorded conversations about financial matters, personal data, and work-related issues, among other topics.\n\nWhile other tech giants have faced several lawsuits from users alleging that their devices spy on them.\n\nLast year, Google agreed to pay about $1.4 billion to the state of Texas to resolve several lawsuits over illegal tracking of people&#8217;s location.\n\nIn addition, in 2021, Apple paid $95 million to settle lawsuits alleging that its voice assistant, Siri, had recorded conversations without users&#8217; authorization.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far, Google, owned by Alphabet, has not commented on the current agreement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles. &#8211; Google agreed to pay $68 million to settle a class-action lawsuit in California in which users of smart devices allege that its voice assistant secretly recorded their conversations, violating privacy. The agreement, which still needs a judge&#8217;s approval, was presented last week in a federal court in San Jose (California). 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