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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Google LLC
Current Parent Company: Alphabet Inc.
Penalty: $62,000,000
Year: 2024
Date: May 3, 2024
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Mega-Scandal: Online Privacy
Violation Description: Google agreed to pay $62 million to settle litigation alleging it illegally collected and stored private location data of smartphone users.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 5:18-cv-05062
Case Name: In re: Google Location History Litigation
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: California
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: information technology
Specific Industry of Current Parent: internet services
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