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Google has reached a $391.5 million setlement with 40 states, including North Dakota, over its location tracking practices related to Google Account settings. North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley says the state will receive $4.1 million dollars from what he calls the largest multi-state Attorney General privacy settlement in U-S history. Wrigley says the investigation and settlement focused on Google’s deceptive practices regarding data collection, retention, and use.

In what is considered the largest privacy-related settlement in history, Google will pay $391.5 million to 40 states to settle an investigation by 40 state attorneys general.  The bipartisan coalition of attorneys general alleged that Google misled users into believing that opting out of sharing their location data prevented the company from tracking users’ locations.  But even when users opted out of location tracking, researchers confirmed that Google… Source link

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

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 — 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

PHOENIX — Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has entered an $85 million settlement with Google LLC for allegedly tracking the users’ location with “deceptive and unfair” practices to sell advertisements, his office announced Tuesday. Brnovich started investigating Google after a 2018 Associated Press article said the company was misleading consumers on how they were tracking and using their location data, according to a news release. In May 2020, Brnovich sued Google for allegedly… Source link

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Time is running out for eligible Illinois residents to submit their claims as part of a multi-million dollar settlement in a class-action lawsuit involving Google. The lawsuit, which mirrors one recently settled with Facebook that resulted in many residents receiving checks worth nearly $400 this year, claimed the company violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act by “collecting and storing biometric data of individuals who, while residing in Illinois,… Source link