Google used “deceptive and unfair” practices to trick users into giving up valuable location data, according to a lawsuit filed Monday by attorneys general from Washington, DC and three states.
” — deceptive web design schemes that can trick users into making certain choices.
in order to “get the most from Google maps” — even though Google Maps could work normally without such data, according to the suit. “By repeatedly ‘nudging’ users to enable Google Account settings, Google increases the chances that a user will enable the setting inadvertently or out of frustration,” the attorneys general wrote. Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
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