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Google Pays $391 Million to Settle Privacy Lawsuit for Tricking Users into Sharing Location Data

November 14, 2022
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Google has agreed to pay over $391 million to settle a bipartisan, multistate action that accuses the search giant of deceiving users about how their location data are handled. The settlement came about 10 months after state attorneys general from 40 states filed suits separately in each jurisdiction, alleging that Google has, since at least…

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DHS Spent Millions of Tax Dollars on Cellphone Location Data, ACLU Says

July 18, 2022
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has spent millions of taxpayers’ dollars to purchase cellphone location data to track people’s movements, according to documents reviewed and released by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). It’s no secret that some U.S. government agencies have been buying and using cellphone location data without warrants. In 2020,…

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NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (May 31)

May 31, 2021
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America commemorates those who sacrificed for the nation’s freedoms as we bring you our Memorial Day special coverage, new documents raise concerns about the way Google collects user location data, and Republican lawmakers are introducing a bill that would prevent American embassies and consulates from flying “political” flags.