Internet giants are the subject of lawsuits in many countries regarding the use and monopoly of personal data, many of which result in compensation penalties. Google could not escape the penalty in its own country.Giant penalty to Google
In the case in the USA, where Google continued to collect location data despite the user shutdown, a fine of 392 million dollars was awarded. The lawsuit, which was the subject of applications such as Maps and Search, was filed in 2018.
The lawsuit is not a lawsuit that users come together and file with law firms. Following the complaints, 40 state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against Google. In other words, it is not possible to distribute the compensation to the users. Google has also given users an interest in tracking their location data.
Google was also fined $85 million in damages in the state of Arizona for the same crime. Thus, the fine imposed in the USA for only unauthorized location tracking approached 470 million dollars.
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