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[Three U.S. states and Washington, D.C. sue Google for improperly obtaining user location data]According to the “Capitol Hill” report, the attorneys general of three U.S. states and Washington, D.C. filed a lawsuit on January 24, local time, accusing Google of deceiving consumers to share their location data. location data. According to the lawsuit, Google has made misleading promises to guarantee user privacy since at least 2014, and allegedly used user interface tricks to allow users to inadvertently share more data against their will. (CCTV News Client)
According to the “Capitol Hill” report, the attorneys general of three US states and Washington, D.C. filed a lawsuit on January 24, local time, accusing Google of deceiving consumers into sharing their location data. According to the lawsuit, Google has made misleading promises to guarantee user privacy since at least 2014, and allegedly used user interface tricks to allow users to inadvertently share more data against their will.
“Google misleads consumers into believing that changing their account and device settings protects their privacy and restricts (Google’s) corporate access,” Washington State Attorney General Karl Racine said in a statement. their personal data.” The attorneys general of Texas, Washington and Indiana will also reportedly file lawsuits in their respective states.
In a statement, Google spokesman José Castaeda countered that the attorneys general’ indictment was based on inaccurate assertions that set outdated standards for their company.
(Article source: CCTV News Client)