The company will pay $85 million in a settlement over a lawsuit that claimed it was illegally tracking users.
According to a report, the Attorney General of the state filed a lawsuit against the company in May 2020, accusing them of violating the state's Consumer Fraud Act by gathering location data from users after they turned off their location settings. At the time, employees of the company were confused about their privacy controls, as they admitted that they could use some tweaking so that users wouldn't deny the company permission to track them.
The case was dismissed by the Arizona state court due to the fact that state consumer law requires that fraud be linked to an ad or sale. The company wanted the judge to deny their request. According to the statement, the $85 million settlement is the largest amount per user that the company has ever paid. He said that he was proud of the historic settlement that proves that tech companies are not above the law.
Jose Castaneda said that the lawsuit in Arizona was related to older product policies that have changed recently. He said that they provide straightforward controls and auto deletion options for location data. This matter has been resolved and we will focus on providing useful products for our users.
The attorneys general of Indiana, Texas, and Washington, D.C. have filed lawsuits against Google. Similar to the Arizona lawsuit, those were filed because of the AP report about the tracking of users.
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