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

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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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