Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) unit Google is required to pay $391.5 million as part of a settlement with attorney generals of 40 states, who accused the tech giant of invading the privacy of its users through improper location tracking practices. These states have alleged that despite turning off location tracking settings, Google continues to collect information about the mobile’s location. The company’s privacy violations came to light when the Associated Press, in its article published in 2018, informed about a Web & App Activity setting that is automatically turned on whenever users set up a Google account.
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