The latest lawsuits against Google contend that because location data is critical to Google’s advertising business, the company has a financial incentive to discourage users from withholding access to location data. The Attorneys General of Indiana, Texas, and Washington DC on Monday each filed lawsuits against Google alleging that the search giant uses deceptive user interface designs known as “dark patterns” to obtain customer location data without adequate consent.
“Google has employed and continues to employ a number of deceptive and unfair practices to obtain users’ ‘consent’ to be tracked and to make it nearly impossible for users to stop Google from collecting their location data,” the lawsuit filed against Google in Washington DC states [PDF].
Link: American AGs sue Google over location data gathering
via www.theregister.com
