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May 28, 2020 10:31 am GMT

Arizona sues Google for tracking users' location even when they turned tracking off

Arizona sues Google for tracking users' location even when they turned tracking off

Google is in trouble over location tracking. 

According to a report by the Washington Post, the state of Arizona sued Google on Wednesday for allegedly collecting data about users' whereabouts even if they had turned off location tracking. 

Google's Android allows users to turn off location tracking in its settings. But according to the lawsuit, filed by Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, Android devices continued to record and keep location records in some apps, such as mapping, weather, and search apps, even if location tracking was disabled. To fully prevent their devices from collecting location data, Android users had to turn off a second setting which was hard to find.  Read more...

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