Google fined $60 million for misleading Australians on location data
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Published 2022-08-12
The Federal Court found it mislead consumers by collecting that information using the default 'Web & App Activity' setting.
Around 1.3 million customers are believed to have been affected.
All Comments (21)
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$60M?! That’s like 2 minutes of revenue. Next time charge them $6B. Google needs to be taken down, and we in the USA are too spineless to do it, so maybe our friends down under can do the dirty work
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Not a fine. A purchase agreement. They didn't have to delete it, or anything they did with it. A pretty sweet deal.
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Tip of the iceberg.
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Google gets fined $60 million, after making $500 million.
Sounds like damn good trade with the government to me.
I would take the same deal all day long. -
I would say that the drop in the bucket but it's not even that much to them 🤷
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Gee, who’d thunk a massive multinational was behaving dishonestly and treating our privacy with utter contempt?
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There should be an extra 0 in that fine....
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...And how much of that are WE, the Australians who use Google, gonna see of that money???
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Just where will be the go and when will they cough up
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What's my share of this 60 million?
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Yeah I ended up driving my car to Magnetic Island Underwater Google said it was the shortest route and would take 10 minutes off the journey, but you got to buy a new car
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And who gets this money
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Lol my location icon just came on when I watched this video
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A good start. Treat your customers with respect and leave them with privacy. Letting greed or corruption jeopardize the customers security is a serious offense.
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60m? It’s like a buck
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Who gets to keep the cash? Will it be distributed amongst those affected?
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Please keep in mind that less efficient advertising does equal higher prices of goods and services (and vice versa)
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How much do I receive?
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So the affected users will have this fine distributed amongst them right? Right?
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ya just have to enjoy the fact the governments fine a company for harming the consumers yet the government collects & keeps all the cash & the company remains the same - just who do we send the letters of thanks to?
