Google has agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with 40 states in Connection with investigation how The company tracked users locationsstate attorney general announced On Monday, calling it the largest multi-state privacy settlement in we history.
The states’ investigation, which officials said was spurred by the Associated Press’s 2018 story,… found that Google continued to track people’s location data even after they choose it out of Like this tracking.
This $391.5 million settlement is historic win for consumers in squeeze out of Reliance increase on technology. Location data is among the most sensitive and valuable Personal information Google collects, and there are many reasons a consumer might choose-out of Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said in a permit.
The Associated Press reported that many Google services on Android and iPhone devices store for you location data even if you have used a privacy setting says Google will prevent you from doing this. the computer-science Researchers at Princeton University confirmed these findings at the request of the Associated Press.
Storing such data carries privacy risks and has been used by the police to determine location of the suspects.
The Associated Press reported in 2018 that privacy issue with location Tracking impacted nearly two billion users of devices that run Android Google operating software and hundreds of millions of iPhone users around the world who He approves on The Google for Maps or search.
lawyers general who Google investigation said a key part of company digital Advertising business he is location The data they described as the most sensitive and valuable Personal data collected by the company. even a small amount of location They said the data could reveal a person’s identity and routine.
Google uses file location information to target consumers with State officials said the ads by their customers.
lawyers general Google said it misled users about it location Tracing practices since at least 2014, thus violating the government consumer protection laws.
as part of leveling, google also I agreed to make these practices more Transparent to users, including showing them more information when they turn location Account settings on And the off And keep a web page that gives users information About the data Google collects.
Google has agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with 40 states in Connection with investigation how The company tracked users locationsstate attorney general announced On Monday, calling it the largest multi-state privacy settlement in we history.
The states’ investigation, which officials said was spurred by the Associated Press’s 2018 story,… found that Google continued to track people’s location data even after they choose it out of Like this tracking.
This $391.5 million settlement is historic win for consumers in squeeze out of Reliance increase on technology. Location data is among the most sensitive and valuable Personal information Google collects, and there are many reasons a consumer might choose-out of Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said in a permit.
The Associated Press reported that many Google services on Android and iPhone devices store for you location data even if you have used a privacy setting says Google will prevent you from doing this. the computer-science Researchers at Princeton University confirmed these findings at the request of the Associated Press.
Storing such data carries privacy risks and has been used by the police to determine location of the suspects.
The Associated Press reported in 2018 that privacy issue with location Tracking impacted nearly two billion users of devices that run Android Google operating software and hundreds of millions of iPhone users around the world who He approves on The Google for Maps or search.
lawyers general who Google investigation said a key part of company digital Advertising business he is location The data they described as the most sensitive and valuable Personal data collected by the company. even a small amount of location They said the data could reveal a person’s identity and routine.
Google uses file location information to target consumers with State officials said the ads by their customers.
lawyers general Google said it misled users about it location Tracing practices since at least 2014, thus violating the government consumer protection laws.
as part of leveling, google also I agreed to make these practices more Transparent to users, including showing them more information when they turn location Account settings on And the off And keep a web page that gives users information About the data Google collects.