It is settled: After meta, Google illegally fined Rs 11,740 crore for trekking users
In a trial, focusing on privacy policies, Google has agreed to pay a $ 1.375 billion (about Rs 11,740 crore) to the state of Texas. The lawsuit claims that the vastly collected illegally and stored information on the location of the residents’ data and face identification.
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Google has been involved in several cases in the last few weeks. But the legal battle between Tech giant and the state of Texas has been going on for years. An attorney from Texas filed a suit on Google in 2022 to track and store users’ location data and face identification information without their consent. And now, the judge has finally decided in favor of Texas, asked Google to pay around $ 1.375 billion (about Rs 11,740 crore).
The Attorney General said that disposal, which comes from two different cases against the disposal, discovery and app company, is larger than the deal of any other state with Google on the same type of privacy issues. On this decision, Google spokesman Jose Custeda said, “It becomes a part of the old claims, many of which have already been solved elsewhere, we have changed for a long time about the product policies.” He said, “We are pleased to put them behind, and we will continue to control strong privacy control in our services.”
$ 1.375 billion Google agreed to pay that it is paid in 2022 more than $ 391.5 million, which was paid to compromise with the misleading users with 40 states as to how it tracks their location.
Pasteon said in a statement, “This is a major victory for Taxus’ privacy of $ 1.375 billion and tells companies that they will pay to misuse our trust.” “I will always protect Texas by stopping the efforts of Big Tech to make profit by selling my rights and freedom.”
The deal also resolves a third issue, where Texas claimed that Google continued to track the discovery history of some users when using private or secret mode. As part of the agreement, Google should also change the wording in its privacy policies – some company says that it has already been done or planned to be done.
It is noteworthy that Texas’s Attorney not only registered a case against Google, but also a meta. PAXTON settles Google about 10 months after receiving a $ 1.4 billion deal with META – the company behind Facebook and Instagram – claims that it used biometric data of people without permission on its social media platforms.
Google Chrome: A Data-Getting Web Browser
Talking about collecting and storing data, a new report by cyber security firm Surfshark has also indicated fingers on Google Chrome. The report highlighted the range of individual data collected by the world’s major web browsers, with Google Chrome emerging as the most intrusion. It suggests that Chrome, which commands about 70 percent of the global browser market, collects a huge array of personal information. This includes your phone address book, financial data, location details, browsing and search history, media like photos and videos, audio recording and various identification with various identifiers like device ID, user ID and IP address.
The data collection of chrome is particularly dangerous, which is a spontaneous integration of this information in Google’s broad ecosystem, including services such as search, gmail, and maps. These services constantly collect user data, making a blurred line between offering functionality and offering violation privacy.
But, Google may have to sell chrome
Now that Google has resolved the 3 -year -long pending cases, it remains to be decided how to eliminate its monopoly. But why will it end? In a recent legal performance, the US government has declared Google a monopoly, obstructing the development of other small startups. Therefore, the US Department of Justice is emphasizing strong tasks to prevent whatever he sees as inappropriate behavior by Google.
One of its most attention -attracting ideas is Google to sell its Chrome web browser. The government calls Chrome a “Gateway to Search” and says that it handles 35 percent of all the search requests. With more than 4 billion users worldwide, forcing Google to quit Chrome, it can significantly change how people use the Internet.
Another suggestion is that Google should share its huge collection of searching data – including its search index and results – with other companies. This will help rivals to improve their search engine. But Google says it would be like handing over its “Crown Jewels”. Its legal team argues that it can risk users’ personal information.
Google strongly denies the allegations of the government and states that the proposed solutions are “extreme” and “fundamentally flawed”. The company believes that it earned its success through “Hard work, innovation and smart professional decisions” like focusing early on mobile search. Google says that being punished for good can lead to “dangerous examples”.
But, even though Google has its own weapons with these defense, the US government is expected to decide on measures until late summer.
