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United States of America: Arizona Attorney General lawsuit against Google over location tracking practices

Progress

Current status
under investigation
04 Oct 2022 under investigation
21 Jan 2022 under investigation
27 May 2020 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
online advertising provider
Government Branch
judiciary
executive
Government Body
court
central government
Implementation Level
subnational

Timeline of events

04 Oct 2022
under investigation

Announced settlement in Arizona lawuit against Google for location tracking

On 4 October 2022, the Arizona State Attorney General announced that he had reached a settlement agreement with Google in a case regarding Google's location tracking. Under the settlement agreement, Google has agreed to pay USD 85 million to the Sta…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type interim ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
21 Jan 2022
under investigation

Ruling on summary judgement in Arizona lawuit against Google for location tracking

The summary judgement requested by Google on the lawsuit of the Arizona State Attorney General regarding location tracking has been partially rejected by an Arizona judge. In particular, the Google motion sustained that the alleged fraud or deceit w…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type interim ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
27 May 2020
under deliberation

Announced Arizona lawsuit against Google for location tracking

Arizona State Attorney General Mark Brnovich filed a lawsuit against Google, alleging that the company pursued unlawful collection of users' location data. In particular, the complaint accuses Google of gathering location information through many Go…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body central government