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Google hit with $60m penalty for misleading data claims

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Google will pay $60 million in penalties for misleading Australians about the collection and use of their Android phone location data, following a long-running court fight against the competition watchdog.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission estimates 1.3 million Google accounts in Australia may have viewed a screen which led them to believe the tech giant was not collecting their personal location data on Android phones.

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