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Google Agrees to $93 Million Settlement in California's Location-Privacy Lawsuit (thehackernews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by brihuang95@sopuli.xyz to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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"Last November, it agreed to pay $391.5 million to settle similar complaints by 40 U.S. states. Then in January 2023, it agreed to pay a total of $29.5 million to settle two different lawsuits brought by Indiana and Washington, D.C.

Subsequently, in May 2023, the company settled with Washington state for $39.9 million for the same reasons. It's currently facing a location tracking lawsuit in the state of Texas."

Jesus Christ...

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[–] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Cute. Another fine for a company with deep pockets. So... Cost of business.