"Claim Your Share: Google Settles $23 Million Privacy Lawsuit"

Google has agreed to pay a $23 million settlement after a class action lawsuit found that the company shared users' search queries and histories with third parties without explicit consent. The settlement benefits any Google Search users who clicked on a search result in the United States between Oct. 26, 2006, and Sept. 30, 2013, and they can receive an equal share of the net settlement fund, estimated to be around $7.70 per person. Google has also agreed to revise its "FAQs" and "Key Terms" webpages regarding the disclosure of search queries via referrer headers with third parties.