Google fined millions of dollars in Australia for misleading users about the location data it collects

Google has been embroiled in yet another legal battle, although this time Australia is sitting on the other side of the bench. What happened? Google would mislead users about the location data it collects from their Android devices.

Given such a serious issue, the Federal Court of Australia decided to impose a fine of 60 million Australian dollars on Mountain View, which is 41.3 million euros and 42.7 million US dollars. This figure is considered a successful punishment for cheating..

What would happen in detail is that The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission would investigate how Google collects user location information.even if location history is disabled in Google Maps.

And the fact is that when this feature is disabled, Google does not collect information about its mapping application and what it does is when users use its services, such as their browser or apps that have access to the feature.. With this in mind, a front was formed that initiated a lawsuit against Google.

Of course, this suggestion refers to these lies on the part of Google that were perpetrated between January 2017 and December 2018.. Having access to the history of locations and information that is generated as a result of activity both on the Internet and in applications as the main key elements in the formation of the request.

For the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission what Google did didn’t properly explain how these functions work and furthermore, it is not clear that in order for Google not to collect location information, the features must be manually disabled.

Also, in cases where users have turned off location history, the situation is even worse, as they are clearly against it. that location information is not collected from your devices. But Google would continue to do so through the use of the company’s apps.

This figure may not be significant for Google, but it is clear that countries are increasingly taking into account networks of actions taken by companies to get their way. Now we will have to wait to see if this proposal becomes an example for the whole world.