Security News > 2023 > May > Google settles location tracking lawsuit for only $39.9M

In brief Google has settled another location tracking lawsuit, yet again being fined a relative pittance.

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson's office announced the $39.9 million fine last week, along with news that Google will have to implement several state-ordered tracking reforms that clarify what data is being gathered and for what purposes.

The lawsuit is similar to others filed across the country last year, with attorneys general in Indiana, Texas and Washington, DC joining Washington state in suing Google over claims it used "Dark patterns" to trick users into allowing location tracking and data collection, while also making it difficult to opt out.

Google ditches CVEs for all by the most serious vulnerabilities.

Google said it had plans to add a quality rating system to security vulnerability reports - yay - while also saying it plans to stop assigning CVEs to most reported issues - boo.

Without data on medium- and low-severity vulnerabilities in Google products only one company will benefit: Google, by obfuscating the bulk of its vulnerabilities.

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