Google settlements
Google, the search and advertising company owned by Alphabet, has settled more consumer cases than any other company we track — most of them about collecting data people believed was private. The amounts are large but the per-person payouts vary enormously: the $700 million Play Store antitrust settlement paid most people a minimum of $2 automatically, Illinois face-grouping claimants received about $95 each, and the Incognito mode case paid consumers nothing at all because it was settled for changes to Google's practices rather than money. Each settlement below shows what it actually paid and whether anything is still claimable.
7 Google settlements tracked — 2 open for claims, 5 closed. Last updated: 2026-07-25
Google settlements you can still claim
These claim windows are still open. Check the deadline before it passes — a missed deadline cannot be reopened.
You may be included if you were in California and paid to renew a Google Play subscription for personal use between May 30, 2014 and October 27, 2019.
- Payout amount
- About $5.85
- Deadline to claim
- Auto-pay (approval hearing July 23, 2026)
- Proof required?
- No claim form required
Deceptive practices
Google Assistant
Deadline August 27, 2026You may be included if you bought a Google-made device — or Google Assistant recorded you after a false activation — between May 2016 and March 2026.
- Payout amount
- Varies
- Deadline to claim
- August 27, 2026
- Proof required?
- Proof or attestation
Privacy
Closed Google settlements — payout status
The claim window has closed for these, but the questions have not: each page explains what the settlement paid, when checks went out, and how to tell a real payout notice from a scam.
Google Play
ClosedNo claim form needed. If you bought apps, in-app items, or subscriptions on Google Play between Aug 16, 2016 and Sep 30, 2023 with a U.S. address, this page tracks the $700M antitrust payout — most people are paid automatically by PayPal or Venmo.
- Payout amount
- $2 minimum (more by spend)
- Deadline to claim
- No claim needed
- Proof required?
- No — automatic payment
Antitrust
Google (Android)
ClosedNo claim needed. If you used an Android phone on cellular data since Nov. 12, 2017, you may already be in the class — this page tracks when Google's payments go out.
- Payout amount
- Up to $100
- Deadline to claim
- Automatic — no claim
- Proof required?
- No proof required
Privacy
The $100M Illinois biometric settlement over Google Photos' 'Face Grouping.' Only Illinois residents qualified — about 687,000 filed, and each received roughly $95 starting in July 2023. Claims closed in September 2022.
- Payout amount
- ~$95 per person
- Deadline to claim
- Closed Sep 24, 2022
- Proof required?
- No proof — claim closed
Biometric privacy
Google has paid out more than $1.8 billion over location tracking — $391.5M to 40 states, $85M to Arizona, $1.375B to Texas, and $62M in a class action. None of it went to individual users. There is no claim form and no check coming.
- Payout amount
- None — $0 to individuals
- Deadline to claim
- No claim available
- Proof required?
- No claim exists
Data privacy
There is no cash payout and no claim form in the Google Incognito settlement (Brown v. Google). Google agreed to delete data and change its disclosures — class members received no money. Here's what that means for you.
- Payout amount
- $0 — data deletion only
- Deadline to claim
- No claim — injunctive only
- Proof required?
- No claim form exists
Data privacy
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