US-based technology giant Google continues to come to the fore with penalties imposed by regulatory agencies. The company has now been fined $60 million by the Federal Court of Australia for personal location data collected via Android devices.
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In the lawsuit, which was first filed in 2019 and has now been settled, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) suggested that it is unclear whether Google continues to collect user location data from web and apps, even if a user’s location history is turned off. It also found that the service violated both consumer laws as a result of making misleading statements about its performance characteristics.
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Last year, Google upheld the decision, even though it said it disagreed with the findings and was considering appealing. “This significant court sentence sends a strong message to digital platforms and other businesses, large and small, that they must not mislead consumers about how their data is collected and used,” said ACCC President Gina Cass-Gottlieb.
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