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Google will pay $29.5M to settle two lawsuits over its location tracking practices

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I am proud of how the exceptional lawyers and professionals in my office have creatively applied the District’s strong consumer protection laws to set the standard nationally and provide users far greater control of their personal information.”. SecurityAffairs – hacking, privacy). — AG Karl A. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Google to Pay a record $391M fine for misleading users about the collection of location data

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The authorities started the investigation into Google collection practice following a 2018 Associated Press article that revealed Google “records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to.”. Location data represent the core of the digital advertising business of the IT giant. SecurityAffairs – hacking, privacy).