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MarcT0K committed Sep 16, 2024
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month: "May"
source: "https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/google-62-million-location-data-settlement-finalized-by-judge"
reason: "For tracking and storage of the mobile-device user-location data of nearly 250 million US users."
fine: "$62M (settlement)"
settlement: "$62M"

- title: Copyright infringement
from: France 🇫🇷
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month: "December"
source: "https://www.reuters.com/legal/google-pay-700-mln-us-consumers-states-play-store-settlement-2023-12-19/"
reason: "For overcharging consumers through unlawful restrictions on the distribution of apps on Android devices and unnecessary fees for in-app transactions."
fine: "$700M (settlement)"
settlement: "$700M"

- title: Privacy violation
from: United States 🇺🇸
year: 2023
month: "December"
source: "https://www.reuters.com/legal/google-settles-5-billion-consumer-privacy-lawsuit-2023-12-28/"
reason: "For secretly tracking the internet use of millions of people who thought they were doing their browsing privately."
fine: "$5B (settlement)"
settlement: "$5B"

- title: Unfair labor practices
from: United States 🇺🇸
year: 2023
month: "December"
source: "https://www.semafor.com/article/12/01/2023/google-reaches-27-million-employee-settlement"
reason: "For policies restraining speech and whistleblowing."
fine: "$27M (settlement)"
settlement: "$27M"

- title: Monopoly abuse
from: India 🇮🇳
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month: "October"
source: "https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/everything-to-know-about-google-class-action-settlement-for-illinois-residents/2955833/"
reason: "For automatically identifing faces in photos and videos uploaded to Photos."
fine: "$100M (settlement)"
settlement: "$100M"

- title: Privacy violation
from: South Korea 🇰🇷
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month: "November"
source: "https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/google-ireland-agrees-345m-tax-settlement-with-revenue-1.4738798"
reason: ""
fine: "€218M (settlement)"
settlement: "€218M"

- title: Privacy violation
from: Belgium 🇧🇪
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month: "December"
source: "https://ministers.treasury.gov.au/ministers/josh-frydenberg-2018/media-releases/governments-tax-avoidance-laws-sees-google-settle-ato"
reason: ""
fine: "$481M (settlement)"
settlement: "$481M"


- title: Privacy violation
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month: "September"
source: "https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2019/09/google-youtube-will-pay-record-170-million-alleged-violations-childrens-privacy-law"
reason: "For alleged violations of Children’s Privacy Law."
fine: "$170M (settlement)"
settlement: "$170M"

- title: Tax
from: France 🇫🇷
year: 2019
month: "September"
source: "https://www.reuters.com/article/technology/google-to-pay-1-billion-in-france-to-settle-fiscal-fraud-probe-idUSKCN1VX1SE/"
reason: ""
fine: "€1B (settlement)"
settlement: "€1B"

- title: Privacy violation
from: United States 🇺🇸
year: 2019
month: "July"
source: "https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/22/tech/google-street-view-privacy-lawsuit-settlement/index.html"
reason: "For collecting people’s private information through its Street View project. ."
fine: "$13M (settlement)"
settlement: "$13M"

- title: Monopoly abuse
from: European Union 🇪🇺
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month: "May"
source: "https://www.ft.com/content/4adb933e-30d0-11e7-9555-23ef563ecf9a"
reason: ""
fine: "€306M (settlement)"
settlement: "€306M"

- title: Tax
from: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
year: 2016
month: "January"
source: "https://www.bbc.com/news/business-35381130"
reason: ""
fine: "£130M (settlement)"
settlement: "£130M"

- title: Privacy violation
from: Italy 🇮🇹
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month: "March"
source: "https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/google-fined-7m-for-street-view-snooping-8532257.html"
reason: "For snooping on personal data via Wi-Fi during its Street View mapping project."
fine: "$7M (settlement)"
settlement: "$7M"

- title: Privacy violation
from: United States 🇺🇸
year: 2012
month: "August"
source: "https://techcrunch.com/2012/08/09/google-settles-with-ftc-agrees-to-pay-22-5m-penalty-for-bypassing-safari-privacy-settings/"
reason: "For bypassing Safari privacy settings."
fine: "$22.5M (settlement)"
settlement: "$22.5M"
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<a class="tile s-rounded shadow my-gap p-2" href="{{ .source }}" style="text-decoration:none">
<div class="tile-content">
<div class="tile-title h4">{{ .title }}</div>
<div class="tile-subtitle text-dark">{{ .reason | markdownify }}</div>
{{ if .reason }}
<div class="tile-subtitle text-dark">{{ if .settlement }}<i>Allegations:</i>{{ end }}{{ if .fine }}<i>Reason:</i>{{ end }} {{ .reason | markdownify }}</div>
{{ end }}
<div class="tile-subtitle text-dark"><span class="text-bold">Country</span>: {{ .from }}</div>
{{ if .fine }}
<div class="tile-subtitle text-dark"><span class="text-bold">Fine</span> 💸: {{ .fine }}</div>
{{ end }}
{{ if .settlement }}
<div class="tile-subtitle text-dark"><span class="text-bold">Settlement</span> 💸: {{ .settlement }}</div>
{{ end }}
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