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Privacy Enforcement Tracker

1,447 enforcement actions from 16 federal and state jurisdictions. Every event traced back to its official government source.

1,447

Total Actions

16

Jurisdictions

$26.1B+

Total Fines Tracked

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CASettlementMultistate

General Motors

California Attorney General Rob Bonta, along with multiple district attorneys and the California Privacy Protection Agency, announced a $12.75 million settlement with General Motors for illegally selling hundreds of thousands of Californians' location and driving data to data brokers Verisk and LexisNexis without notice or consent. The settlement includes the largest CCPA penalty to date, a five-year ban on selling driving data to consumer reporting agencies, and requirements to delete retained data and implement a robust privacy program.

CriticalGeolocation DataUnauthorized Data SharingNotice Failure

$12.8M

CASettlement

Google

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a $93 million settlement with Google resolving allegations that the company violated state consumer protection laws through deceptive location-privacy practices. Google was accused of falsely telling users that turning off the “Location History” setting would stop location data collection, while continuing to collect and use location data for user profiling and targeted advertising without informed consent. In addition to the monetary penalty, Google must implement several injunctive measures to increase transparency and user control over location tracking.

CriticalConsent FailureOpt-Out FailureGeolocation Data

$93.0M

CASettlement

Aaron's, Inc.(Aaron's)

The California Attorney General reached a $28.4 million settlement with Aaron's, Inc. for installing spyware on rented computers without customer consent and for violating the Karnette Rental-Purchase Act. The spyware, called 'Detective Mode', allowed remote monitoring of keystrokes, screenshots, location, and webcam activation. Aaron's must refund $25 million to approximately 100,000 customers and pay $3.4 million in penalties, and is prohibited from using spyware.

HighConsent FailureGeolocation Data

$3.4M

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