Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced an $85 million settlement with Google related to alleged user tracking via location data. The attorney general's office opened its investigation in 2018 following consumer claims that Google collected and used location data from smartphones despite users disabling the tracking settings. The majority of the funds from the settlement will go to the state's general fund.
Arizona attorney general reaches $85M location privacy settlement
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