ACCC tells Google to pay $60 million for misleading users

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ACCC tells Google to pay $60 million for misleading users
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) by the country's Federal Court ordered Google to pay $60 million in penalties for misleading users on the collection of their personal location data. The court found Google misled some customers about personal location data collected ...

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