A jury in California has ordered Google to pay a $314.6 million fine for collecting and misusing Android users’ cellphone data without consent, Reuters reports. The class-action lawsuit was filed on behalf of nearly 14 million Californians in 2019. It accused Google of collecting data from idle Android phones and using it for more targeted advertising and to expand its mapping capabilities. The lawsuit claimed that this consumed users’ cellular data without their consent and allowed Google to run business activities at their expense. Google argued that the data transfer did not harm Android users and that users had consented to it when they agreed to the company’s terms of service and privacy policies. The jury, however, held Google responsible for transferring data without permission and imposing “mandatory and unavoidable burdens” on Android users, as the lawsuit claimed. Google is appealing, which will likely delay payouts. “This ruling is a setback for users, as it misunderstan...