Google agreed to pay compensation in the amount of $ 391.5 million to resolve the collective claim of General Prosecutors of 40 American states. This was reported by the agency ASSOCISITED PRESS. The authors of the lawsuit proved that Google continued to collect data on user geolocation after they refused to track.
“This is the settlement of a lawsuit for $ 391.5 million is a historical victory for consumers in the era of growing dependence on technology. Data on location is one of the most confidential and valuable personal data collected by Google,” said the General Prosecutor General of Connecticut William Tong .
In 2018, the Associated Press reported that many Google services that work on Android devices use and IPhone owners use the location even in the case of using confidentiality settings that prohibit Google to do this. In total, this problem affected approximately 2 billion users of devices with the Android operating system, and hundreds of millions of iPhone users around the world who use Google for maps or search.
The Prosecutor General said that Google has mislead users regarding his practice of tracking the location at least since 2014.
The prosecution insisted that even a small amount of geolocation data allows us to reveal the identity and daily routine of users. Tong considers these data to be a key part of the Google digital business business, as the company uses announcement targeting information.
Now, under the agreement, Google has promised to make his actions related to the whereabouts more transparent for users.