Privacy Violations Settled Without Guilt

Privacy Violations Settled Without Guilt
Google has settled several privacy lawsuits over this last year while denying any guilt over the issue. We look at several cases and the fees they are paying to settle these cases.

AI Actually Makes Us Crazy
This week we see a number of articles relating to privacy and security. AI makes a surge in the news including an article where therapists find that AI chatbots tend to induce psychosis.

Settled Without Guilt
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/26/google-privacy-suit-settlement-voice-assistant

https://notthebee.com/article/google-settles-class-action-lawsuit-that-accused-them-of-illegally-recording-users-conversations/

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-apple-siri-eavesdropping-settlement-payouts/

https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-approves-30-million-settlement-in-youtube-child-privacy-case/

https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/google-agrees-to-8-25m-settlement-over-play-store-childrens-privacy-class-action/

https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/open-lawsuit-settlements/630m-google-play-store-class-action-settlement/

https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-secures-historic-1375-billion-settlement-google-related-texans-data

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/eff-arizona-federal-court-protect-public-school-students-surveillance-and

Quicklines
https://itsfoss.com/news/nexphone-returns/

https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-now-offers-an-official-firefox-rpm-package-for-rpm-based-linux-distros

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-149-million-passwords-exposed-infostealer-database/

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/01/get-paid-to-scroll-tiktok-the-data-trade-behind-freecash-ads