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Company: Google
Current Parent Company: Alphabet Inc.
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Penalty: $9,500,000
Year: 2022
Date: December 30, 2022
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Attorney General Karl A. Racine announced that Google will pay $9.5 million toresolve allegationsthat it deceived and manipulated consumers to gain access to their location data, including making it nearly impossible for users to stop their location from being tracked.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: District of Columbia Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: District of Columbia
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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