Google — Play Store commissions class action
Australian Android users who purchased apps or in-app digital content via the Google Play Store, and Australian app developers who sold through it. Liability was found in favour of the class applicants in the companion August 2025 Federal Court judgment; the compensation stage is still pending, so no per-person amount is confirmed.
- Period covered
- 2017–2019
- Where it applies
- Australia-wide
- Law firm running the case
- Phi Finney McDonald & Maurice Blackburn
- Compensation context
- See law firm — no verified estimate published
Case progress
- Incident
- Filed in court
- Registration open
- Before the court
- Settlement
- Payments / distribution
- Closed
Incident
Purchase window begins
Google Play purchases from this period are covered by the service-fees claim.
Filed in court
Federal Court proceedings on foot
The Play Store service fees claim proceeds in the Federal Court.
Before the court
No distribution scheme yet
Global app-store settlements continue to influence the Australian proceeding.
The Google case brief
The page above is the public summary. The case brief is the part that tells you whether you personally fit the group definition, and what to have ready before you register.
- Eligibility checklist — 3 specific criteria that decide whether you are in the group
- Exclusions — 2 situations that take you out of the class, even if you were a customer
- Evidence list — 3 documents to gather — the ones that actually affect what you can recover
- How to join, step by step — 3 ordered steps, including which registration pathway to use
- Key dates — 3 dated milestones, including any registration cut-off
- Compensation notes and scam warnings — What a realistic outcome looks like, and the impersonation tactics used on this specific case
One A$9 report unlocks the case brief for every matter that covers you — plus your personalised eligibility report and PDF.
Sources: Public reporting on the Google location tracking class action.
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