Pennsylvania and 39 other states have reached a $391.5 million settlement with Google over location tracking practices related to Google Account settings. Attorney General Josh Shapiro said Monday that this is the largest multistate attorney general privacy settlement in USPennsylvania history. More than $19.6 million. Laws since at least 2014 by continuing surveillance practices in various ways. Location data is a key part of Google’s digital advertising business, and the company uses it to create user profiles and target ads on behalf of its advertising clients. Google agreed to a series. The rules, which are part of the solution, include: Google must show additional information to users whenever they turn the account setting “on” or “off”. (s) Location data collected by Google and how it is used. The attorney general said Google imposes limits on the use and storage of certain types of location information and that Google Account controls should be user-friendly.
Pennsylvania and 39 other states have reached a $391.5 million settlement with Google over location tracking practices related to Google Account settings.
Attorney General Josh Shapiro said Monday it was the largest multistate attorney general privacy settlement in U.S. history.
Pennsylvania is set to receive more than $19.6 million.
The attorney general launched the Google investigation following a 2018 Associated Press article that revealed Google “records your movements even when you say so.”
As detailed in the settlement, the attorney general found that Google violated state consumer protection laws by continuing to conduct surveillance practices in various ways since at least 2014.
Location data is a key part of Google’s digital advertising business, and the company uses it to build user profiles and target ads on behalf of its advertising clients.
As part of the settlement, Google agreed to several terms, including the following:
- Google requires users to display additional information whenever they turn the account setting “on” or “off.”
- Making sensitive information about location tracking inescapable to users (ie, not hidden).
- Creating an advanced “Location Technologies” web page where users can obtain detailed information about the type(s) of location data that Google collects and how it is used.
The attorney general also imposed limits on Google’s use and storage of certain types of location information and said Google Account controls should be user-friendly.
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