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Google misled users over location data, Australian court finds 16 Apr, 2021 05:12 AM 3 minutes to read The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission wants financial penalties and a publication order for Google to "better explain" its process to users. Image / 123rf The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission wants financial penalties and a publication order for Google to "better explain" its process to users. Image / 123rf An Australian court has found Google misled consumers into t...

Google misled users about data collection: Australian court 1 minute read Sydney, Australia, Apr 16 (EFE).- Australia’s Federal Court ruled Friday that American technology company Google misled users about personal location data collected through their Android mobile devices between January 2017 and December 2018. “I am convinced that Google’s conduct, assessed as a whole, has been misleading or may have misled or misled ordinary members of the group identified by the ACCC (Australian C...

The Federal Court of Australia has ruled that Google had misled consumers about personal location data it collected and used between 2017 to 2018. Google was found to have misrepresented that the ‘Location History’ setting, when a consumer creates a new Google account, was the only setting that affected whether the company collected, kept or used personally identifiable data about their location. Another setting called ‘Web & App Activity’ also enabled Google to collect, store and use p...

By Juha Saarinen on Apr 16, 2021 1:00PM Loses Federal Court case. Google misrepresented to consumers what privacy settings do in its Android mobile operating system, the Federal Court has found in a world-first case brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. ACCC was able to show that unlike what Google claimed, turning off the Location History setting in Android did not stop the collection, storage and use of consumers personally id...

Share Justice Thawley ruled on Friday that some users would have reached the correct conclusion but others, scanning through the warnings and terms, would have concluded the tech giant didnt use their location data when the location history function was off. True it is that, after a careful examination of the content of both screens, the conclusions Google urged might be reached, he said. That is not the issue. The screens were read by users setting up the device. Such users, even ones with hei...

Google employees called the meeting to discuss APs data privacy reveal the Oh Shit meeting Laura Dobberstein Fri 16 Apr 2021 // 11:30 UTC Share Copy Australian federal court sent a message to Big Tech about its willingness to act on privacy violations when it ruled today that Google had "partially" misled consumers about collecting mobile phone personal location data. For Google to not collect a devices location data, the user needed to let their wishes be known in both ...

Last modified on Thu 15 Apr 2021 21.13 EDT 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” and “Web & App Activity” on some Android and Pixel phones, even for customers who ticked “No” or “Do not collect” on their settings. The action was brought by the consumer...

ACCC strikes victory against Google in location tracking misuse case ACCC strikes victory against Google in location tracking misuse case Wins Federal Court case over personal location data collected by Android phones. Credit: Google Google Australia has lost its court battle with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in a landmark case relating to its data privacy settings.  The court found that Google misrepresented that its ‘Location History’ ...

iTWire Friday, 16 April 2021 14:44 Federal Court rules Google misled Android users about location data Shares The Federal Court has found that Google LLC and Google Australia Pty Ltd misled consumers about personal location data collected through Android mobile devices between January 2017 and December 2018. The action was brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, which says it was the first of its kind in the world. "This is an important victory for consumer...

Google misled some Android and Pixel phone users in Australia about location data, court rules An Australian court found that Google continued to collect the Location History of some users who even ticked No or Do not collect on their initial settings misleading some Android and Pixel users. India Today Tech | April 16, 2021 | Updated 18:48 IST (Picture: Google) Highlights Google partially misled some Android and Pixel phone users about their location data in Australia, a court ruled on Friday...