The company will establish a $135 million nonreversionary settlement fund to compensate a proposed class of more than 100 million Americans who used Android-powered smartphones with cellular data plans provided by mobile carriers between Nov. 12, 2017, and the date of final judgment.
Settlement class members will receive a pro rata payment of up to $100 per person after deductions for attorney fees, costs, incentive awards and administrative costs, according to the plaintiffs.
The proposed settlement class excludes California-based Android users who are covered by a separate proposed class action pending in state court on behalf of approximately 14 million users in the state.
As part of the Google settlement, the company will revise Google Play terms to explain that certain data transfers occur “in the background, when you are not directly interacting with your device,” may rely on cellular data when a device is not connected to Wi-Fi and cannot always be disabled.