Google fined $40 mn for misleading users on Android location tracking

The Federal Court in Australia on Friday ordered Google to pay over $40 million in penalties for making misleading representations to consumers about the collection and use of their personal location data on Android phones.

According to Australia’s Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC), the data was collected between January 2017 and December 2018.

The Court previously found that Google breached the Australian Consumer Law by representing to some Android users that the setting titled “Location History” was the only Google account setting that affected whether Google collected, kept and used personally identifiable data about their location.