In a testament to the sheer cost of not wanting to be bothered, Google and the popular menstrual-tracking app Flo Health have agreed to pay a combined $56 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit. The suit alleged that Flo had illegally shared user data with tech giants, essentially turning the most intimate details of users’ reproductive lives into premium ad inventory. Google will set up a $48 million fund while Flo will chip in a respectable $8 million. The best part? According to a notice for potential claimants, both companies explicitly denied the allegations, stating the settlement simply allows them “to avoid the risks and costs of lengthy litigation and the uncertainty of additional pre-trial proceedings
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