Google Settles in $93 Million Privacy Lawsuit in California

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Google has settled a privacy lawsuit in California for $93 Million over user tracking. The tracking took place even if a user opted out, according to the lawsuit.

I'm surprised this hasn't been picked up globally.

The settlement announced on Thursday by California Attorney General Rob Bonta resolves claims that the Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) unit deceived people into believing they maintained control over how Google collected and used their personal data.

California said Google was able to "profile" people and target them with advertising even if they turned off their "Location History" setting, and deceived people about their ability to block ads they did not want.

[reuters.com...]