April 16 (Reuters) - Australian Competition and Consumer Commission:
* FEDERAL COURT FOUND GOOGLE MISLED CONSUMERS ABOUT PERSONAL LOCATION DATA COLLECTED
* ACCC IS SEEKING DECLARATIONS, PECUNIARY PENALTIES, PUBLICATIONS ORDERS, AND COMPLIANCE ORDERS
* COURT FOUND GOOGLE MISLED CONSUMERS ABOUT LOCATION DATA COLLECTED THROUGH ANDROID MOBILE DEVICES BETWEEN JAN 2017-DEC 2018
* COURT ALSO FOUND THAT GOOGLE'S CONDUCT WAS LIABLE TO MISLEAD THE PUBLIC
* COURT RULED THAT WHEN CONSUMERS CREATED A NEW GOOGLE ACCOUNT, GOOGLE MISREPRESENTED ‘LOCATION HISTORY' SETTING
* SEEKING AN ORDER FOR GOOGLE TO PUBLISH A NOTICE TO AUSTRALIAN CONSUMERS TO BETTER EXPLAIN GOOGLE'S LOCATION DATA SETTINGS IN THE FUTURE
* CONSUMERS WERE MISLED BY GOOGLE NOT INFORMING THAT ‘WEB & APP ACTIVITY' SETTING WAS RELEVANT TO PERSONAL LOCATION DATA COLLECTION Source ( https:// Further company coverage: GOOGL.O