Four attorneys general sue Google for 'deceptive' location tracking
CNN
A bipartisan group of attorneys general sued Google on Monday, alleging that the technology giant has used "dark patterns" and deceptive practices to track users' physical location even when those users have made efforts to block Google from doing so.
The parallel lawsuits by the District of Columbia, Texas, Indiana and Washington state zero in on Google's collection of location data, which can be used to target advertising and build profiles on internet users.
The DC Attorney General's lawsuit alleges that since 2014, Google (GOOG) has made misleading public statements about how users can opt out of location tracking. Despite offering settings in users' Google accounts that promised to restrict location data tracking, Google allegedly failed to mention how certain other settings — such as in individual apps or in other areas of Google's settings panel — might continue to allow the tech giant to keep collecting location data unbeknownst to the user.
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