Even after users turned off the Location History setting, Google continued to track users’ locations for targeted advertising, effectively violating their privacy preferences, prosecutors said. Additionally, Google has been accused of misleading users about its ability to block unwanted ads.
Under the terms of the agreement, Google will pay $93 million to California and will be required to be more transparent about how it tracks users’ locations and uses the data it collects.
After legal fees, another $62 million will go to nonprofits focused on online privacy. This approach was chosen because it was impractical to distribute funds among millions of individual users.
Source: Ferra
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