Google will pay $391.5 million as part of its settlement with 40 U.S. states after it continued to track users’ location data even after turning location tracking features off in the settings.
Google has agreed to pay $391.5 million settlement to 40 US states over a location tracking dispute. The big tech company misled its users into believing that they have turned location tracking off. However, Google still continued to collect the users’ location information.
As part of the settlement (PDF), Google has also agreed to improve its location tracking disclosures and user controls significantly starting 2023.
