Google will pay $392 million to 40 states in largest-ever US consumer privacy settlement
The AGs determined that Google violated state consumer protection laws since at least 2014 by misleading consumers about its location tracking practices. They claimed that the company"confused its users about the extent to which they could limit Google’s location tracking by adjusting their account and device settings.
" They noted that this is the largest-ever consumer privacy settlement by US states . Show additional information to users whenever they turn a location-related account setting “on” or “off”;Give users detailed information about the types of location data Google collects and how it’s used at an enhanced “Location Technologies” webpage.
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