Google Reaches $391.5 Million Settlement With States Over Location Tracking Practices

Google Reaches $391.5 Million Settlement With States Over Location Tracking Practices

By:  The Wall Street Journal

November 14, 2020

 

WASHINGTON—Google has agreed to pay $391.5 million to settle allegations that it persistently misled consumers about how it tracked them on mobile phones and other devices.

The settlement, announced by a coalition of 40 state attorneys general Monday, said that Google violated state consumer protection laws by tracking consumers even when their location history setting on their mobile phones was turned off.

 

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