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Australia Fines Google $42 Million Over Personal Data Collection

         

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3:30 pm on Aug 12, 2022 (gmt 0)

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A court in Australia has fined google $42 million for misleading users over collection of personal location data. Users believed that "location history" on Android was the only way location data was collected.


The court found Google misled some customers about personal location data collected through their Android mobile devices between January 2017 and December 2018.


[reuters.com...]

[accc.gov.au...]