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NEWS RELEASE: OFFICE OF CONSUMER PROTECTION ANNOUNCES HISTORIC $391.5 MILLION MULTISTATE SETTLEMENT WITH GOOGLE OVER LOCATION TRACKING PRACTICES Posted on Nov 14, 2022 in Latest Department News, Newsroom Honolulu – The State of Hawaii Office of Consumer Protection announced today that Hawaii, along with 39 other states, has reached a $391.5 million multistate settlement with Google over its location tracking practices relating to Google Account settings. This is the largest multistate… Source link

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Google Cloud and Epic, the largest medical software vendor in the U.S. hospital market, are building an offering that will allow clients to run their Epic… Source link

Google Cloud and Epic have signed a deal that will enable hospitals using the electronic health record company’s products to take those records to the cloud, they announced Monday. Why it matters: The partnership gives health systems another option for their cloud environment. Google Cloud officials say the platform will offer new tools to build more efficiencies and optimize care, as well as secure their data. New Jersey-based Hackensack Meridian Health will be the first health system to… Source link

Google announced today that its Health Connect app is now available in beta on the Play Store. Health Connect is designed to centralize access to health and fitness data from various eligible apps. Today, more than 10 health and fitness apps are launching integrations with Health Connect, including MyFitnessPal, Oura and Peloton. The app syncs health and fitness data from eligible platforms and allows other apps to gain access to this data with their consent, while… Source link

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — 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 announced Monday. The states’ investigation was sparked by a 2018 Associated Press story, which found that Google continued to track people’s location data even after they opted out of such tracking by disabling a feature the company called “location history.” The attorneys general… Source link

Press Releases 11/14/2022 Attorney General Tong Announces Historic Google Settlement Over Location Tracking Practices (Hartford, CT) – Attorney General William Tong today announced that Connecticut, along with 39 other attorneys general, has reached a $391.5 million multistate settlement with Google over its location tracking practices relating to Google Account settings. This is the largest multistate privacy settlement in… Source link

Tech Attorneys general found that Google violated state consumer protection laws by misleading consumers Source link

WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) will pay about $400 million to settle a complaint brought by a group of states over allegations the search and advertising giant illegally tracked users’ locations, two people familiar with the matter said. The announcement will come as early as Monday, the sources said. The lawsuit, which includes Oregon, the people said, is a sign of mounting legal headaches for the tech company from state attorneys general who have aggressively… Source link

WASHINGTON — Google agreed to a record $391.5 million privacy settlement with a 40-state coalition of attorneys general on Monday for charges that it misled users into thinking they had turned off location tracking in their account settings even as the company continued collecting that information. Under the settlement, Google will also make its location tracking disclosures clearer starting in 2023. The attorneys general said that the agreement was the biggest internet privacy settlement by… Source link

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – Monday Harvest Hope announced a partnership with Google.org and Feeding America. Google.org is the company’s philanthropic arm. The partnership aims to immediately deliver meals to South Carolinians in need of food. Another goal of the partnership is to find long-term technological solutions and provide greater access to resources. Harvest Hope said 34 million Americans, including nine million children, are facing food insecurity. The Feeding America network of food… Source link