10:05 AM EDT, 09/04/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with statement from a Google ( GOOG ) spokesperson in the fourth paragraph.)

Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) Google ( GOOG ) has been fined $425 million by a federal jury in San Francisco for invading users' privacy by continuing to gather data from millions of users who had turned off a tracking feature in their Google ( GOOG ) accounts, multiple media outlets reported late Wednesday.

The verdict followed a trial in the federal court in San Francisco where it was alleged that over an eight-year period, Google ( GOOG ) accessed users' mobile devices to collect, store, and use their data, violating privacy assurances associated with its Web & App Activity setting, Reuters reported.

The users had sought more than $31 billion in damages, Reuters reported, adding that the jury found Google ( GOOG ) liable on two of the three privacy violation claims but ruled the company did not act with malice, meaning it was not entitled to any punitive damages.

"This decision misunderstands how our products work, and we will appeal it," a Google ( GOOG ) spokesperson said in a statement emailed to MT Newswires. "Our privacy tools give people control over their data, and when they turn off personalization, we honor that choice."

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