Google and the Australian Competition & Consumer
Commission's (ACCC's) long running battle over the unlawful
collection of data has been settled with the tech giant agreeing to
pay $60 million.
In April 2021, the Federal Court found that Google had breached
consumer laws by misleading some Australian consumers with regard
to the collection of their personal data. It affected users who had
switched location data to 'off' although their web activity
was 'on' or data was collected via apps in use.
Breach of
consumer law
Google was also found to be in breach of two other consumer laws
concerning conduct liable to mislead the public and making
misleading representations about a service's performance
characteristics.
