Published 2 years ago

Google to pay $42.7 million in penalties for misleading users - Australian watchdog

Summary by Ground News

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced that Google was fined $60 million for misleading Australian Android users. The tech giant continued tracking some of its users' Android phones even though they had disabled "Location History" in the device's settings. The ACCC says that based on available data, it is estimated that more than 1.3 million Google accounts belonging to Australians have been affected.

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Times of India

Google to pay $42.7 million in penalties for misleading users: Australian watchdog - ET Telecom

The court found Google misled some customers about personal location data collected through their Android mobile devices between January 2017 and Dece..

2 years ago·India

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News18 India

Google Fined $40 Million For Misleading Users On Android Location Tracking

The Federal Court in Australia on Friday ordered Google to pay over $40 million in penalties for making misleading representations to consumers about the collection and use of their personal location data on Android phones.

2 years ago·India

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The Guardian

Google to pay $60m fine for misleading Australians about collecting location data

The tech giant kept track of some Android phone owners even when their location history was set to ‘off’

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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NDTV

Google Ordered To Pay $43 Million For Misleading Users: Australian Watchdog

Australia's competition watchdog said on Friday that Alphabet Inc's Google unit was ordered by the country's Federal Court to pay A$60 million ($42.7 million) in penalties for misleading users on collection of their personal location data.

2 years ago·New Delhi, India

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The Star Kuala Lumpur

Australian court orders Google to pay $43 million for misleading users

(Reuters) -Australia's competition watchdog said on Friday that Alphabet Inc's Google unit was ordered by the country's Federal Court to pay A$60 million ($42.7 million) in penalties for misleading users on collection of their personal location data.

2 years ago·Malaysia

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