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Google to settle US location-tracking probe for $583 million

By Diane Bartz, David Shepardson and Karen Freifeld

Nov 15 2022 6:30AM

States demand more transparency.

Google to settle US location-tracking probe for $583 million

Alphabet's Google will pay US$391.5 million (A$583 million) to settle allegations by 40 states that the search and advertising giant illegally tracked users' locations, the Michigan attorney general's office said Monday. The investigation and settlement, which was led by Oregon and ...

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