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ACCC Fines Google $60 Million For Misleading Representations

In a Media Release, posted by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC), it announced that it was requiring Google LLC to pay $60 million for misleading representations. In short the ACCC found that Google mislead Android users by making them think that the company was not tracking them. Here are some key parts of the Media Release: The Federal

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Australian Court Finds Google “Partially” Misled Consumers

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has found that Google misled customers about personal location data collected through Android mobile devices between January 2017 and December 2018, in a world-first enforcement action brought by the ACCC. The Guardian provided a good explanation of what happened. The Court found that Google continued to collect “Location History” and “Web & App

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