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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Study finds Google Play app privacy labels are ‘false or misleading’  The Verge Source link

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Google Failed to Tell Users That Their Web and App Activity Tracked Location Data NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James, as part of a coalition of 40 attorneys general, today secured $391.5 million from Google for misleading millions of users about its location data tracking. A multistate investigation found that Google failed to notify users that location tracking services were automatically turned on for web and app activity. Millions of consumers with Google accounts who… Source link

Google Maps continues to show results for anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) when users search for a nearby abortion clinic. A new analysis from Bloomberg shows that CPCs make up about a fourth of the top 10 search results on average in all 50 states and Washington, DC. Unlike legitimate abortion clinics, CPCs don’t actually provide abortions. They instead attempt to dissuade people from going through with the procedure and often use misinformation to make their case. For… Source link

Google has been sanctioned A$60 million (around $40M+) in Australia over Android settings it had applied, dating back around five years, which were found — in a 2021 court ruling — to have mislead consumers about its location data collection. Australia’s Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) instigated proceedings against Google and its Australia subsidiary back in October 2019, going on to take the tech giant to court for making misleading representations to consumers about… Source link

Letters spell the word “Alphabet” as they are seen on a computer screen with a Google search page in this photo illustration taken in Paris, France, August 11, 2015. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Aug 12 (Reuters) – Australia’s competition watchdog said on Friday that Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google unit was ordered by the country’s Federal Court to pay A$60 million ($42.7 million) in penalties for misleading users on… Source link

Sen. Mark Warner and Rep. Elissa Slotkin said that if Google (GOOGLGOOGLE) does not limit anti-abortion clinics from appearing in the Google Search and Maps results for abortion services, the company should label search results to clearly show whether a clinic in its results actually provides abortions, according to a letter sent Friday to Google CEO Sundar Pichai that was signed by more than 20 lawmakers. “Directing women towards fake clinics that traffic in misinformation and don’t provide… Source link

Tech’s view on the global economy can be summed up in an email Elon Musk sent Thursday: “super bad feeling.” This week, Musk announced Tesla (TSLA) will be laying off 10% of its staff. Amid this downbeat outlook for economic growth, prospects for workers dimmed in some pockets of the business world. Musk’s comments follow JPMorgan (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon’s pronouncement earlier this week that a “hurricane” is bearing down on the U.S. economy. But in the view of one economist, this growing… Source link

The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against TurboTax creator Intuit (INTU) this week, claiming its deceptive “free tax filing” ads are misleading American taxpayers. The consumer protection agency alleged that Intuit’s advertising practices purposely guided consumers to seek out free filing services on TurboTax that weren’t actually available to them. Instead, they were steered to the company’s paid products. With tax day barely a month away, the FTC has also filed a federal… Source link

Bloomberg Copper Extends Rally to Top $10,000 With All-Time High in Sight (Bloomberg) — Copper topped $10,000 a metric ton for the first time since 2011, nearing the all-time high set that year as rebounding economies stoke demand and mines struggle to keep up.Prices rose as much as 1.3% to $10,008 a ton on the London Metal Exchange, before slipping back to trade near unchanged. The metal hit a record $10,190 in February 2011.Copper has been among the best performers in a month where metals… Source link