IT House News on December 31, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita (Todd Rokita) announced that Google will pay Indiana $20 million to resolve the state’s alleged fraudulent location tracking of the technology giant. behavioral litigation.
Even limited location data can reveal a person’s identity and day-to-day life, says Rokita, which can infer a user’s personal details such as politics or beliefs, income, health or support group participation — and marriage Major life events such as children and children.
He filed a separate lawsuit against Google when its talks with a coalition of state attorneys general stalled. The states agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with the company last November, but Indiana is not part of the 40-state settlement.
As part of the settlement, Google is now required to clearly and conspicuously disclose its location tracking methods to users, including letting them know if a product is tracking their location even if they’re not using the product.
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Event Tracking
- 2022-12-31Google pays Indiana $20 million for “deceptive location tracking”
- 2022-11-15 Accused of illegally collecting user location, Google compensated 390 million US dollars and reached a settlement with 40 states in the United States
- 2022-10-21 Texas sues Google for privately collecting user biometric data
- 2022-08-12 Google fined $60 million in Australia for misleading users about collecting personal location data
- 2022-05-20 The United States filed a lawsuit against Google, saying that the “incognito mode” on the search engine is deceptive
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