ACCC v Google LLC (location data)
civil penalty12 Aug 2022Penalty $60.00M
Respondent
Google LLC
Facts
Google misled Android users about the personal location data it collected, retained, and used by representing that the Location History setting controlled all location collection when other settings also collected data.
Outcome
Federal Court imposed a $60 million penalty.
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