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You can now get $12 for free if you used Google Plus between 2015 and 2018 – Android Central
Google is offering U.S. customers a $12 payment as part of a $7.5 million Google Plus class-action settlement. A security breach left user data exposed between 2015 and 2018, and now Google is paying for it.
Google has settled a Google Plus class-action lawsuit over a 2015 security vulnerability for $7.5 million. This vulnerability was the proximate cause for Google Plus’s ultimate demise, and it still haunts Google years later. As a result, the company will now offer ex-Google Plus users in the U.S. a payout from that sum as part of the settlement terms.
The company alerted eligible Google Plus users with an email this week, saying:
Google operated the Google+ social media platform for consumers …
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