HomeEconomyGoogle to pay nearly $400 million to settle U.S. location tracking probe Economy Google to pay nearly $400 million to settle U.S. location tracking probe By inew November 14, 2022 0 87 views Share FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp GOOGL -0.% Add/Remove from Watchlist Join the watch list Add location Location successfully added to: Please name your portfolio type: purchase Sell date: quantity: price Point value: Leverage: 1:11: 1: 1 : 1: 1: 1: 25 1:72 1: 25 Committee: 6369 6369 CREATE NEW WATCHLIST CREATE 63692022 1000 Create a new holding portfolio Add Create400 6369 + add another position to close 1000 Google -0.% 1000 to watchlist/remove from watchlist to watch list Location added successfully: Please name your portfolio type: purchase Sell date: quantity: price Point value: Leverage: 1:1 1: 1: 1: 1: 1: 50 Diane Butts, David Shepherdson and Karen Freefield WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google (NASDAQ: 200GOOGL) will pay $11.$5 million to settle allegations of says the search and advertising giant is illegally tracking users’ location, the Michigan attorney general’s office said Monday. Investigation and Resolution, which was led by Oregon and Nebraska, shows that state attorneys general are serious about the tech giant A growing legal headache for the company, which has aggressively targeted the company’s user-tracking practices in recent months. In addition to paying, Google must be more transparent with consumers about when location tracking occurs and give the Iowa Attorney General Users can get details about location tracking data on a special web page, the office said. “When consumers decide not to be on their devices, they should be able to trust that a company will stop tracking their every move,” Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller said in a statement. “This settlement clearly demonstrates that companies must be transparent about tracking customers and complying with state and federal privacy laws.” Google Spokesperson Jose “Based on the improvements we’ve made in recent years, we’ve resolved this investigation based on what we consider to be outdated product policies that were changed years ago,” Castaneda said. Google said in a blog post on Monday that it would “introduce updates in the coming months to provide greater control and transparency over location data.” These changes include making it easier to delete location data. New users will have auto-delete controls that allow them to order Google to delete certain information when they reach a certain age. State Attorney at 52 received data after reports that Google logged locations, even if instructed not to do so by the user. The investigation found that Google has at least from 40, in violation of the national consumer protection law. Arizona filed a similar lawsuit against Google for $ million72. Texas, Indiana, Washington and The District of Columbia sued Google in January over what they called a deceptive location-tracking practice that violated user privacy. Google earns $11 $1 billion from advertising in the first half of this year, more than any other online advertising seller. 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