The Clap
Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) will pay a total of $391.5 million to 40 US states as part of a privacy settlement related to location tracking.
The Deets
The settlement agreement will see Google revisit its location-tracking disclosures and user controls from 2023.
The company was deemed deceptive, giving a false sense of security to users who believed they had turned off location-tracking features.
So What
Privacy has been one of the key obstacles facing the technological boom. Google has been accused of providing privacy controls to users and then selling their information to advertisers.
Now What
In addition to the settlement, Google will disclose to users how their location information will be used and how to change settings to their preferences.
