Google knows what your location is regardless if you opt never to share location info, says lawsuit
THE UNITED STATES state of Arizona filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing Google of committing fraud when you are deceptive about gathering location data.
Arizona attorney general Mark Brnovich said the suit resulted from a study launched two years ago after a media report that Google had ways of knowing where users were even if they opted not to share location information with the web firm.
“While Google users are led to believe they are able to opt-out of location tracking, the business exploits other avenues to invade personal privacy,” Brnovich said in a release.
“It’s nearly impossible to avoid Google from tracking your movements without your knowledge or consent.”
The suit charges Google with violating Arizona fraud law and calls for the company at hand over money it created from its activities for the reason that state.
“The lawyer general and the contingency fee legal representatives filing this lawsuit may actually have mischaracterized our services,” Google spokesman Jose Castaneda said in response to an AFP inquiry.
“We've always built privacy features into our products and provided robust controls for location data.”
He added that Google looks forward to “setting the record straight.”
While Google provides users the choice of declining to talk about location information when using its services or smartphones powered by Google-made Android software, it could glean from application or online activity where users are to focus on ads, the suit argued.
