$8.25M Google Play Store Settlement Ends Class Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Collection of Children’s Data

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Google and AdMob Google, Inc., have agreed to an $8,250,000 settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit that alleged the tech corporations collected the personal information of children under 13 through Google Play apps without consent, in violation of the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

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The $8.25 million Google Play class action settlement received preliminary approval from the court on May 1, 2026. The settlement covers all United States residents who, at any time between April 1, 2015 and the present, were under 13 years old when they downloaded or otherwise used an application from the Google Play Store and allegedly had their personal information collected, used, or disclosed by the defendants.

Court documents state that approximately 3.8 million to 10 million people are covered by the settlement.

The court-approved website for the Google Play children’s data settlement can be found at COPPAPrivacyClassAction.com.

Google settlement class members who file a timely, valid form can receive a pro rata cash payment from the deal. The final amount of this cash payment will depend on the total number of claims filed, and court documents estimate that class members will receive $40 to $200 each.

To file a Google Play Store settlement claim form online, class members can head to this page and log in using the class member ID found on their copy of the settlement notice. Alternatively, class members can download a PDF of the claim form to print, fill out, and return by mail to the settlement administrator.

Class members who do not have a class member ID can obtain one by completing the online registration form on this page.

The class action settlement website notes that class members who are under the age of 18 as of May 2026 must have their claim forms submitted by a parent or legal guardian.

All Google Play settlement claim forms must be submitted by September 14, 2026.

The court will determine whether to grant final approval to the Google Play Store COPPA settlement following a hearing on September 24, 2026. Compensation will begin to be distributed to class members only after final approval is granted and any appeals are resolved.

The Google Play Store class action lawsuit claimed that Google and AdMob failed to obtain parental consent before collecting the personal information of children through downloaded applications for targeted advertising purposes, in violation of the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and a handful of state privacy laws.

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