Search giant Google has agreed to a $93 million settlement with the state of California over the its location-privacy practices
Search giant Google has agreed to a $93 million settlement with the state of California on Thursday over the its location-privacy practices.with 40 states, reached in November 2022, to resolve an investigation into how the company tracked users’ locations., 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.
Representatives for Google parent company Alphabet Inc. did not immediately respond to a message for comment. Google said last year that it fixed the problems several years ago. As part of the settlement, in which Google admitted no wrongdoing, the company also agreed to a number of restrictions, including providing more transparency about location tracking, disclosing to users that their location information may be used for ad personalization, and showing additional information to users when enabling location-related account settings.
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