Google will pay nearly $4000 to Washington State after it was discovered that it secretly tracked users' locations.

CTOnews.com, May 21 (Xinhua) Last year, users found that even if they chose to turn off tracking, they would still be tracked by Google. So the state of Washington accused Google of deceiving its users and suing Google. Now, Google has decided to pay the state of Washington $39.9 million (CTOnews.com Note: currently about 280 million yuan) to settle.

Google has deprived Washington consumers of the ability to choose whether companies can track their sensitive location data, deceiving them and profiting from their privacy choices, according to Ferguson's office.

Even if users turn off the location History option in their account settings, Google continues to collect location data from its users, the state government said. The lawsuit also points out that, in fact, it is "almost impossible" for users to stop Google from tracking their location.

As part of the settlement, Google must also make several concessions, including displaying additional information to users when they turn on or off location settings in their accounts. The settlement also requires the company to show users information related to location tracking and provide more details about the type and purpose of location data it collects.