Google is paying $391.5 million to settle charges that it misled users who thought they turned off location tracking by continuing to record their movements..
Google to pay $391.5 million to settle with 40 states for illegally tracking users location for use in targeted advertisement, amidst mounting legal pressure.
"Google has prioritized profit over their users' privacy," said Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum of Oregon, one of 40 states to bring the lawsuit. "They have been crafty and deceptive."
CNN By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business Google has agreed to a record $391.5 million settlement with 40 states for allegedly misleading consumers over its location tracking practices, a coalition of attorneys general announced Monday.
Under the agreement, which state attorneys general said was the largest U.S. internet privacy settlement, Google must also make its location-tracking practices clearer to users.
"Google has prioritized profit over their users' privacy," said Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum of Oregon, one of 40 states to bring the case. "They have been crafty and deceptive."
Google has agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with 40 states — including New York, New Jersey and Connecticut — in connection with an investigation into how the company tracked users’ locations, state attorneys general announced Monday, calling it the largest multistate privacy settlement in U.
Massachusetts is slated to receive $9.3 million and Google faces a slew of new requirements under a settlement over the tech giant's location tracking practices that Attorney General Maura Healey said is the largest multi-state data privacy settlement ever reached by attorneys general.
(CNN) — Google has agreed to a record $391.5 million settlement with 40 states for allegedly misleading consumers over its location tracking practices, a coalition of attorneys general announced Monday. The attorneys general described it as the largest multi-state privacy settlement in US history.
Google has agreed to pay a $391.5 million settlement to 40 states to resolve an investigation into the tech behemoth tracking people’s locations, state attorneys general said Monday.
HARTFORD, Conn. — Search giant Google has agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with 40 states to resolve an investigation into how the company tracked users' locations, state attorneys general
Dozens of states accused the tech giant of misrepresenting and omitting information about how it collected location data and shared it with third parties.
