Tuesday, November 22, 2022

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 nonetheless
tracked user location data across a number of its services, including
its search tool, maps, and applications. The practices, which
occurred between 2014 and 2020, violated consumer protection statutes
that prohibit misleading and deceiving consumers, the attorneys
general said. Among the consumer protection statutes that were
violated according to the investigation were New York General Business
Law Sections 349 and 350 and Massachusetts General Law Chapter 93A.

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/google-pays-record-privacy-settlement-lawsuits-are-expected-to-rise?utm_source=Robly.com&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2022-11-29NLRCybersecurity+Legal+News&utm_content=ba59410ceab8aad4b37810593823d1b4

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