Google to pay $42.7 million in penalties for misleading users – Australian watchdog

2022.08.12 10:02

FILE PHOTO: Letters spell the word “Alphabet” as they are seen on a computer screen with a Google search page in this photo illustration taken in Paris, France, August 11, 2015. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo

(Reuters) – Australia’s competition watchdog said on Friday that Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Inc’s Google unit was ordered by the country’s federal court to pay A$60 million ($42.7 million) in penalties for misleading users on collection of personal data.

($1 = 1.4055 Australian dollars)

Source