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Google to pay $39.9 million to Washington state over location tracking practices

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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Google logo is pictured atop an office building in Irvine, California, U.S. August 7, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake

(Reuters) – Google will pay Washington state $39.9 million to resolve a lawsuit accusing the company of misleading consumers about its location tracking practices, state Attorney General Bob Ferguson said on Thursday.

The settlement also requires Google, a unit of Alphabet (NASDAQ:) Inc, to implement reforms that increase transparency about its location tracking settings.

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