Washington: Columbia District and three states demanded Google for allegedly deceiving consumers and attacking their privacy by making it almost impossible for them to stop their location from being tracked.
In a lawsuit filed Monday at the Washington court, Attorney General DC Karl Racine accused Google of having “ systematically cheating consumers about how their location was tracked and used.
He also said the giant internet search has misled the user to believe they can control the information collected by the company about them.
“ In fact, consumers who use Google products cannot prevent Google from collecting, saving, and profitable from their location, “said the lawsuit.
Google has “ abilities that have been unprecedented to monitor the everyday life of consumers.
“Google makes it impossible for users to choose out of sensitive and valuable location data tracked, the setting accuses.
Lawyers General Texas, Indiana and Washington expressed a similar lawsuit in their country court, according to the Racine office.
“ Google’s business model depends on the constant supervision of its users, “his office said in the news release.
Suit confirms that Google has a strong financial incentive to obscure the details ” from the collection of location data and to make it difficult for consumers to choose out.
It is said that location data is an important part of the digital advertising business which produces $ 150 billion in revenue for Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc.
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The company, based in Mountain View, California, denied claims.
`The general lawyer carries cases based on inaccurate claims and a statement that has been outdated about our settings, ” ‘Google spokesman Jose Castaneda in a statement.
“ We always build privacy features into our products and provide strong controls for location data.
“The company will defend itself and` adjust the direct record, “said Castana.
This lawsuit is the latest in the legal salvos raft on technology giants, which contributed search engines for an estimated 90% web search throughout the world.
In December 2020, 10 states.
Led by Texas, filing a federal lawsuit against Google accused the “anticompompetitive behavior” in the online advertising industry, including an agreement to manipulate sales with its rival Facebook.
In October 2020, the US Department of Justice joined the 11 states submitting an antitrust landmark in accordance with Google for allegedly abusing Dominations in online and advertising search.