Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a $93 million settlement with Google to settle claims the internet giant's location privacy practices violated state consumer protection laws.
, Bonta alleged Google deceived users in multiple ways.
The attorney general claimed the company falsely told users that their location data would not be stored if the"Location History" setting is turned off. When the setting was turned off, Google would continue to collect and store location data through other sources. Bonta also alleged that the company misled users about their ability to opt out of ads targeted to their location.
"[M]any users did not know of or understand Google's Location History and Web & App Activity settings, yet had unwittingly enabled them due to Google's deceptive disclosures, thereby allowing Google to track their precise location. In addition, Google misrepresented that when users disabled Ads Personalization it would stop using the user's location to target advertisements to those users, when in fact it continued to do so," according to the complaint.
As part of the settlement, Google would pay $93 million and follow multiple terms, including showing users additional information when enabling location-related settings, provide more transparency about location tracking and provide detailed information about location data Google collects.
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