According to an article published by Bloomberg, the Google was sued by an Arizona attorney general and is being ordered to pay $85 million to the state of Arizona for illegally tracking Android users. In today's article, we will better explain what happened to Google receiving this lawsuit and having to pay this amount, in addition to showing the consequences of this lawsuit for the company.
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Mark Brnovich is an Arizona attorney general who in 2020 filed a lawsuit against Google claiming that the company was illegally tracking Android users even after the user turned off Android data settings. location. In addition, Google is also being sued by attorneys general of several cities in the United States – Texas, Washington – for similar reasons.
Due to the development of this process opened by Mark, Google will have to pay 85 million dollars. Although for many people this is an extremely significant value, for Google it is not so much. That's because the company is having quarterly revenue of over $69 billion. However, although it does not mean such a big loss for the company, according to Mark, this is a victory for privacy and also for justice. As such, Mark states that he is “proud of this landmark deal that proves that no entity, not even big tech companies, are above the law.”
A curiosity about the company is that it has already suffered a lawsuit for abusive advertising practices and had to pay 1.7 billion dollars to the European Union (EU). According to a company spokesman – José Castañeda – this process was related to older product policies that were changed. However, this issue has already been resolved and according to José, the company is focused on providing useful products for users.
