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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.”. Location data represent the core of the digital advertising business of the IT giant.

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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 settlement is the largest attorney general-led consumer privacy settlement ever, states the announcement published by DoJ. “Google misled its users into thinking they had turned off location tracking in their account settings, when, in fact, Google continued to collect their location information. not hidden); and.

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What is Maryland’s Online Data Privacy Protection Act?

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Maryland Takes the Lead in Privacy Legislation with Comprehensive MODPA The Maryland legislature enacted two comprehensive privacy bills to limit how big tech platforms can acquire and utilize customers’ and children’s data. Notably, MODPA prohibits the sale of sensitive data, a provision unparalleled in other state privacy laws.