"Google collects detailed information about its users, including their physical locations, to target users for advertising. Often, this is done without the users' consent or knowledge," Attorney General Mark Brnovich said in a tweet on Wednesday. Today we filed a consumer fraud lawsuit against Google for deceptive and unfair practices used to obtain users’ location data, which Google then exploits for its lucrative advertising business. We have always built privacy features into our products and provided robust controls for location data”, a Google spokesman said in an emailed statement. In February, New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas sued Google, alleging that its educational software collects young students’ personal information without the required parental consent.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 28, 2020 04:52 UTC