The Electronic Privacy Information Center has sent a letter to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission alleging Google violated the terms of its 2011 settlement for tracking location data without consent, The Associated Press reports. The advocacy group pushed the FTC to examine Google’s data practices, which ultimately led to the 2011 settlement in which the tech company agreed to no longer misrepresent the amount of control users have over their data. Meanwhile, Google is facing a class-action lawsuit on its location data practices after one was filed in a San Francisco federal court.
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