Article 5GNB8 Google ‘partially’ misled consumers over collecting location data, Australian court finds

Google ‘partially’ misled consumers over collecting location data, Australian court finds

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Naaman Zhou
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Google collected data on some Android and Pixel phones even when customers ticked No' or Do not collect'

Google has been found to have partially" misled Australian consumers about collecting their location data, according to a federal court ruling handed down on Friday.

The court found that Google continued to collect Location History" on some Android and Pixel phones, even for customers who ticked No" or Do not collect" on their settings.

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