Google filed a notice of appeal with the Ninth Circuit against the $425 million jury verdict that found it violated mobile users’ privacy, after twice failing to get the trial judge to throw the verdict out. The 2020 class action, led by Anibal Rodriguez, alleged that Google’s Analytics for Firebase code kept gathering app data from users who had switched off the Web & App Activity setting, and a jury found Google liable on two privacy claims in September 2025. US District Judge Richard Seeborg rejected Google’s argument that collecting pseudonymous data isn’t highly offensive, writing late last month that what the data contained can’t be separated from Google having told users it wouldn’t collect it. Google hasn’t filed its arguments yet, and the appeals court hasn’t set a schedule.
