"Claim Your Share: Guide to Receiving Payout from Google's $23 Million Settlement"

Google has agreed to pay $23 million to settle a class action lawsuit that claimed it shared users' searches with third-party websites without permission. People who used Google Search and clicked on a search result link between October 2006 and September 2013 may be entitled to receive a portion of the settlement. Google denies the claims but has agreed to change its FAQs and key terms pages to explain the circumstances under which search queries are shared with third parties. The final approval hearing for the settlement is scheduled for October 12.