Google To Pay California $93 Million In Settlement Over Location-Privacy Practices

Google has agreed to a $93 million settlement with the state of California regarding its location-privacy practices.

The California investigation uncovered Google's practice of telling users that it would cease tracking their location when they opted out, while in reality, the company continued to track users' movements for its own commercial purposes.

This settlement follows a $391.5 million agreement with 40 states, reached in November 2022, which aimed to resolve an investigation into how the company tracked users' locations.

The investigation was triggered by a 2018 report from the Associated Press (AP) that revealed Google's continued tracking of users' location data even after they had opted out of such tracking by disabling a feature called "location history."

California Attorney General Rob Bonta stated that their investigation uncovered Google's practice of telling users that it would cease tracking their location when they opted out, while in reality, the company continued to track users' movements for its own commercial purposes.

This settlement is designed to hold Google accountable for these actions.

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