Google Privacy-Control Litigation Tests Opt-Out Representations and Class Proof

Google faces major consequences from allegedly continued collection after users disabled Web & App Activity: a reported $440 million judgment involving approximately 98 million users and a subsequent $147 million fee award. Separately, Judge Wolson's August 27, 2026 denial of class certification in a Google cookie case limits plaintiffs' ability to prove an identifiable class, but leaves individual, Wiretap Act, state-law, and consent risks intact.