GOOGLE is being forced to pay over $300 million to users after a jury ruled the company misused customer data since 2016.

The class action lawsuit was filed in a California court alleging that Google was collecting user information without permission.

Now, the Alphabet company is going to have to pay out $314.6 million to Android device users.

The lawsuit alleged that Google was collecting information -- used for reasons like advertising -- over cellular data even while phones were not in use.

It also claimed that cellular data was eaten up by the practices.

Google said in court that users did consent in the terms of service, and said no one was harmed in the data handovers.

The lawsuit, which was filed in 2019, was on behalf of 14 million Android users in California .

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