(NEXSTAR) – Google has agreed to pay $68 million to settle a class action lawsuit accusing it of secretly recording smart device users, according to a court document filed Friday in Northern California.
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The case centers around the Google Assistant tool, which is only supposed to record when so-called hot word phrases such as “Hey Google,” or “Okay Google” are used, or when someone manually presses a button on the device.
The lawsuit alleges that Google inappropriately started recording personal conversations when no hot word was used, unbeknownst to owners of Google smartphones, home speakers, laptops, tablets, Chromecast media players, and even wireless earphones…