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Yes, and? How on earth are you going to even explain it to the police, let alone find which jurisdiction to use?

You are buying it from some vendor, their company is invoicing you. You can use either your or their jurisdiction, whatever fits better and you can also sue them directly.

You explain it like:

>For ex, one ad network launched “battery saver” style apps in Google Play, giving them root access to your phone.

>When you type the word “Uber” into your Google Play, it auto-fires a click to make it look like you clicked on an Uber ad and attribute the install to themselves."

You don't have to be a genius software engineer to understand that.

Usually you will have to choose the jurisdiction of the party you want to take to court. This is part of the reason some regulated industries require you to have presence locally.

Ah right, usually you can sue on your home turf only if there's a treaty for it (e.g. when both parties are based in EU).

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