{"id":510706,"date":"2022-11-14T20:13:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T17:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/google-to-pay-400m-to-settle-location-tracking-suit-report\/"},"modified":"2022-11-14T20:13:26","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T17:13:26","slug":"google-to-pay-400m-to-settle-location-tracking-suit-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-to-pay-400m-to-settle-location-tracking-suit-report\/","title":{"rendered":"#Google to pay $400M to settle location-tracking suit: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22fe655f272\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-to-pay-400m-to-settle-location-tracking-suit-report\/#%E2%80%9CGoogle_to_pay_400M_to_settle_location-tracking_suit_report%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Google to pay $400M to settle location-tracking suit: report&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CGoogle_to_pay_400M_to_settle_location-tracking_suit_report%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Google to pay $400M to settle location-tracking suit: report&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>\u00a0Alphabet\u2019s\u00a0Google\u00a0will pay $391.5 million to settle allegations by 40 states that the search and advertising giant illegally tracked users\u2019 locations, the Michigan Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a>\u2019s Office said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation and settlement, which was led by Oregon and Nebraska, is a sign of mounting legal headaches for the tech giant from state attorneys general who have aggressively targeted the firm\u2019s user tracking practices in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the payment,\u00a0Google\u00a0must be more transparent with consumers about when location tracking is occurring and give users detailed information about location-tracking data on a special web page, the Iowa Attorney General\u2019s Office said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen consumers make the decision to not share location data on their devices, they should be able to trust that a company will no longer track their every move,\u201d Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller said in a statement. \u201cThis settlement makes it clear that companies must be transparent in how they track customers and abide by state and federal privacy laws.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/google-lawsuits-privacy.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Google logo\" class=\"wp-image-24645391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/google-lawsuits-privacy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/google-lawsuits-privacy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/google-lawsuits-privacy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The lawsuit is a sign of mounting legal headaches for Google from state attorneys general who have aggressively targeted the firm\u2019s user tracking practices in recent months.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Arizona filed a\u00a0similar case\u00a0against\u00a0Google\u00a0and settled it for $85 million last month.<\/p>\n<p>Texas, Indiana, Washington state and the District of Columbia\u00a0sued\u00a0Google\u00a0in January over what they called deceptive location-tracking practices that invade users\u2019 privacy.<\/p>\n<p>Google\u00a0spokesperson Jose Castaneda said: \u201cConsistent with improvements we\u2019ve made in recent years, we have settled this investigation which was based on outdated product policies that we changed years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Google\u00a0had revenue of $111 billion from advertising in the first half of this year, more than any other seller of online ads. A consumer\u2019s location is key to helping an advertiser cut through the digital clutter to make the ad more relevant and grab the consumer\u2019s attention.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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