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If you ever set up a Google+

account, you may be due some cash

Google has agreed to a $7.5m settlement over its 2018 data breach. BY MICHAEL SIMON

G

oogle+ might be gone but it’s

not forgotten. At least not by

the courts. On June 10, Google

agreed to settle a class-action

(go.pcworld.com/cact) lawsuit over the

“software bugs” that led to some 50 million

accounts having their data leaked (go.

pcworld.com/dtlk). The settlement is a

relatively small one, just $7.5 million, but if

you ever set up a Google account, you may

be eligible for a piece of it: $12 to be exact.

Previous Google+ account holders have

likely already received an ominous email

claiming “You are not being sued,” but if you

banished it to your spam folder, here are the

details. All claims must be submitted by

October 8 and as per usual, any claims forfeit

all rights “to sue Google and/or any other

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