DC, Texas sue Google over location tracking practices
The suit alleges Google misled US consumers by continuing to track their locations even when users sought to prevent it. Texas and the District of Columbia sued Alphabet Inc’s Google on Monday over what they called deceptive location tracking practices that invade United States users’ privacy. “Google falsely led consumers to believe that changing their account and device settings would allow customers to protect their privacy and control what personal data the company could access,” Racine said. Google’s bold misrepresentations are a clear violation of consumers’ privacy.” Google Spokesperson Jose Castaneda said the “attorneys general are bringing a case based on inaccurate claims and outdated assertions about our settings. We will vigorously defend ourselves and set the record straight.” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton alleged Google misled consumers by continuing to track their locations even when users sought to prevent it.
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