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Google agreed to pay a total of US$391.5mil (RM1.79bil) to 40 US states to resolve a probe into controversial location-tracking practices that the Alphabet Inc unit says it already discarded several years ago, in what state officials are calling the largest such privacy settlement in US history.

A similar case was filed by Arizona against Google which was resolved by the firm paying $85 million last month.

An investigation was sparked by a 2018 Associated Press story, which found that Google continued to track people's location even after they opted out.

The settlement with 40 US states also demanded that Google make its location tracking disclosures clearer from 2023.

The investigation by the states found that Google continued to track people’s location data even after they opted out of such tracking.

Google had continued to track people's location data even after they opted out of such tracking

The Google location-tracking case is the largest multistate privacy settlement in U.S. history, officials say. Here's what it means in NY, NJ and CT.

Connecticut is expected to receive $6.5-million from Google, as part of a settlement with states across the country.

The probe was sparked by a 2018 AP story, which found that the search giant continued to track people's location data even after they opted out of such tracking by ...

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