Australia fines Google $40 million over location tracking on Android

By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has levied a $40 million fine on Google, after the Big Tech firm was found to have misled Android users over location tracking.The ACCC’s investigation was begun 2019 — as Google implemented improved location options — and concluded in 2021. That year, the ACCC concluded that Google had misled Android users between January 2017 and December 2018.According to Yahoo Finance, the company was …

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