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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Dave Collins

40 states settle Google location-tracking charges for $392M

Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Google has agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with 40 states in connection with an investigation into how the company tracked users' locations, state attorneys general announced Monday, calling it the largest multistate privacy settlement in U.S history.

The investigation by the states, which officials said was spurred by a 2018 Associated Press story, found that Google continued to track people's location data even after they opted out of such tracking.

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