Over the past week, Google has settled two class action lawsuits over Android privacy, one regarding data usage and the other around Assistant, despite the company denying any wrongdoing. As a part of the settlement, Google cannot transfer data without consent from the user during device setup, and Android will need to add a setting to more easily toggle off this data transfer. Advertisement - scroll for more contentEarlier this week, Google settled a different lawsuit around Android, this time around Assistant privacy. This lawsuit alleged that Google “spied inappropriately” on users whenever Assistant would mis-hear the “Hey Google” wake phrase on devices dating back to May 2016. Both in this case and the other, Google denied any wrongdoing, but settled the Assistant case for $68 million.