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Google agreed to pay $155 million (nearly Rs. 1,300 crore) to settle claims by California and private plaintiffs that the search engine company misled consumers about how it tracks their locations, and used their data without consent, news agency Reuters reported.<\/p>\n
Both settlements resolve claims that the Alphabet unit deceived people into believing they maintained control over how Google collected and used their personal data.<\/p>\n
The company was accused of being able to \u201cprofile\u201d people and target them with advertising even if they turned off their \u201cLocation History\u201d setting, and deceive people about their ability to block ads they did not want.<\/p>\n
\u201cGoogle was telling its users one thing\u2013that it would no longer track their location once they opted out\u2013but doing the opposite and continuing to track its users\u2019 movements for its own commercial gain,\u201d California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement. \u201cThat\u2019s unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n
The California settlement requires Google to pay $93 million (nearly Rs. 770 crore), and disclose more about how it tracks people\u2019s whereabouts and uses data it collects.<\/p>\n
Money from Google\u2019s $62 million (nearly Rs. 515 crore) settlement with private plaintiffs would, after deducting legal fees, go to court-approved nonprofit groups that track internet privacy concerns.<\/p>\n
Lawyers for the plaintiffs said this made sense because it was \u201cinfeasible\u201d to distribute money to the approximately 247.7 million US adults with mobile devices.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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