Google paid $155 million for illegally collecting and using user location information.

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen Coje_He, South China Wu Yanzu, Alejandro86, soft media user 1520111 for clue delivery! CTOnews.com Google agreed to pay $155 million (CTOnews.com notes: currently about 1.128 billion yuan) to settle allegations by California and plaintiffs that it misled consumers about the way it tracked locations and used consumer data without consent.

Google is understood to have been accused of serving customized ads to consumers when they turned off their "location history" setting. California Attorney General Rob Bonta said: "Google mentioned in the settings that once users choose to turn off Location History, they will no longer track their location, but Google continues to track users 'activities for its own business interests. "

The California settlement requires Google to pay $93 million (currently about 677 million yuan) and disclose more information about how it tracks people's whereabouts and uses the data it collects.

Google's $62 million settlement with plaintiffs, after deducting legal fees, will go to a court-approved nonprofit that tracks Internet privacy issues.