Google Agrees to Pay 40 States $391.5 Million Over Location Tracking

Google agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with 40 states over its use of location tracking, Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced Monday.

Even when users thought they’d turned off location tracking in their account settings, Google continued to collect information regarding their whereabouts, Oregon’s AG office said. The settlement requires Google to be more transparent with users and provide clearer location tracking disclosures beginning in 2023.

Rosenblum led the settlement along with Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson. It’s the largest consumer privacy settlement ever led by a group of attorneys general, according to the release.

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