Australia<\/a>'s competition watchdog said on Friday that Alphabet<\/a> Inc's Google<\/a> unit was ordered by the country's Federal Court<\/a> to pay A$60 million ($42.7 million) in penalties for misleading users on collection of their personal location data.
The court found Google misled some customers about personal location data collected through their Android mobile devices between January 2017 and December 2018.
Google misled users into believing \"location history\" setting on their android phones was the only way location data could be collected by it, when a feature to monitor web and applications activity also allowed local data collection and storage, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission<\/a> (ACCC) said.
The watchdog, which estimates that 1.3 million Google account users in Australia may have been affected, had started the proceedings against the company and its local unit in October 2019.
Google took remedial measures in 2018, the regulator said.
In an emailed statement, Google said it had settled the matter and added it has made location information simple to manage and easy to understand.
The search engine giant has been embroiled in legal action in Australia over the past year as the government mulled and passed a law to make Google and Meta Platforms' Facebook pay media companies for content on their platforms. (https:\/\/reut.rs\/3JRaTzz)
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谷歌支付4270万美元的处罚误导用户:澳大利亚的监管机构
法院裁定谷歌误导了一些客户个人位置通过安卓移动设备收集的数据在2017年1月和2018年12月之间。
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澳大利亚竞争监管机构周五说字母公司的谷歌单位被命令的联邦法院支付6000万美元(合4270万美元)的处罚误导用户个人位置数据的集合。
法院裁定谷歌误导了一些客户个人位置通过安卓移动设备收集的数据在2017年1月和2018年12月之间。
Google误导用户相信“历史位置”设置他们的android手机是唯一的方法可以收集位置数据,当一个特性监测网络和应用程序活动还允许本地数据收集和存储澳大利亚竞争和消费者委员会(ACCC)说。
监督机构,估计130万个谷歌账户用户在澳大利亚可能受到影响,开始诉讼公司和当地单位于2019年10月。
谷歌在2018年采取了补救措施,监管机构说。
在一份电子邮件声明中,谷歌表示,它已经解决了问题,这使得位置信息简单管理和容易理解。
搜索引擎巨头已在澳大利亚卷入法律诉讼。过去一年里,政府仔细考虑并通过了一项法律,让谷歌和元平台的Facebook平台媒体公司为内容付费。(https://reut.rs/3JRaTzz)
澳大利亚竞争监管机构周五说字母公司的谷歌单位被命令的联邦法院支付6000万美元(合4270万美元)的处罚误导用户个人位置数据的集合。
法院裁定谷歌误导了一些客户个人位置通过安卓移动设备收集的数据在2017年1月和2018年12月之间。
Google误导用户相信“历史位置”设置他们的android手机是唯一的方法可以收集位置数据,当一个特性监测网络和应用程序活动还允许本地数据收集和存储澳大利亚竞争和消费者委员会(ACCC)说。
监督机构,估计130万个谷歌账户用户在澳大利亚可能受到影响,开始诉讼公司和当地单位于2019年10月。
谷歌在2018年采取了补救措施,监管机构说。
在一份电子邮件声明中,谷歌表示,它已经解决了问题,这使得位置信息简单管理和容易理解。
搜索引擎巨头已在澳大利亚卷入法律诉讼。过去一年里,政府仔细考虑并通过了一项法律,让谷歌和元平台的Facebook平台媒体公司为内容付费。(https://reut.rs/3JRaTzz)
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