“We have always built privacy features into our products and provided robust controls for location data. ADADYet Arizona’s lawsuit also reflects a growing sense among state and federal regulators that Google has grown too big, powerful and unchecked. “I wanted Google to get the message that Arizona has a state consumer fraud act. ADADGenerally, smartphones running Android allow users to turn off a feature that tracks their movements. In doing so, state officials faulted Google for “uncooperative conduct, delay tactics, and general failure to comply” with the attorney general’s demands for records.

Source: Washington Post May 27, 2020 22:10 UTC