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Google will pay $9.5M to settle DC AG's location-tracking lawsuit
- xrayarx 4y agoFrom the article: “Google leads consumers to believe that consumers are in control of whether Google collects and retains information about their location and how that information is used,” the complaint, which Racine filed in January, read. “In reality, consumers who use Google products cannot prevent Google from collecting, storing and profiting from their location.”
- xrayarx 4y agoFirst New Year Resolution: Degoogle
- 1vuio0pswjnm7 4y agoThese articles always focus on the fine or settlement but they rarely address the amount of profit Google will lose in the future from not being able to continue violating laws and privacy.
- ggm 4y agoOpportunity cost is not a true loss. I know you said lose not loss but future income contingent on breaking the law to earn it is kinda not. Google's income is going to be fine. Even taking fines into account.