Google agrees to $392 million settlement with 40 states
Google has agreed to a record $391.5 million settlement with 40 states for allegedly misleading consumers over its location tracking practices, a coalition of attorneys general announced Monday.
總檢察長聯盟在周一宣布，谷歌已同意與40個州達成創紀錄的3.915億美元的和解，原因是其涉嫌在位置跟蹤實踐中誤導消費者。
①allegedly：
英[əˈledʒɪdli] 美[əˈledʒədli]
據稱;根據(人們)宣稱
②coalition：
英 [ˌkəʊəˈlɪʃn] 美 [ˌkoʊəˈlɪʃn]
聯合政府 ; 聯合體 ; 聯合 ; 結合 ; 聯盟
③attorney：
英 [əˈtɜːni] 美 [əˈtɜrni]
律師(尤指代表當事人出庭者);(業務或法律事務上的)代理人
The attorneys general described it as the largest multi-state privacy settlement in US history.
總檢察長將其描述為美國歷史上最大的涉及多個州的隱私和解協議。
The coalition, which included attorneys general from New York, Kentucky and Oregon, claimed Google had been misleading users about locating tracking in various ways since 2014. That included confusion around 「the scope of the Location History setting」 and 「the extent to which consumers who use Google products and services could limit Google’s location tracking by adjusting their account and device settings,」 according to a release from the office of Pennsylvania attorney general and governor-elect Josh Shapiro.
該聯盟包括來自紐約、肯塔基和俄勒岡的總檢察長。他們聲稱自2014年以來，谷歌一直在以各種方式誤導用戶定位跟蹤。根據賓夕法尼亞州總檢察長兼候任州長 Josh Shapiro 辦公室發布的一份聲明稱，這包括對「位置歷史設置的範圍」以及「使用谷歌產品和服務的消費者通過調整其帳戶和設備設置來限制谷歌位置跟蹤的程度」的混淆。
As part of the settlement, Google is required to be more transparent, including showing additional information whenever a location-related setting is turned on or off, making key location tracking policies clearly visible and giving users more details on the type of location data being collected and its use. Google will also now face limits on its usage and storage of some location information.
作為和解的一部分，谷歌被要求更加透明，包括在打開或關閉與位置相關的設置時顯示附加信息，保證關鍵位置跟蹤策略清晰可見，並向用戶提供有關正在收集的位置數據的類型及其使用的更多詳細信息。谷歌現在也將面臨一些位置信息的使用和存儲限制。
「Consistent with improvements we』ve made in recent years, we have settled this investigation which was based on outdated product policies that we changed years ago,」 Google spokesperson José Castañeda told CNN Business.
谷歌發言人 JoséCastañeda 告訴CNN商業頻道：「與我們近年來所做的改進一致，我們已經解決了這項基於我們多年前更改的過時產品政策的調查。」
consistent with：
與某事物並存（一致）
The attorneys general opened an investigation into Google after a 2018 Associated Press report that the company 「records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to.」 In a statement at the time, Google said it provides 「clear descriptions of these tools, and robust controls so people can turn them on or off, and delete their histories at any time.」
2018年美聯社的一篇報導稱，「即使你明確告訴谷歌不要這樣做，也會記錄你的行動」，在這之後總檢察長對谷歌展開了調查。谷歌在當時的一份聲明中表示，它提供了「對這些工具的清晰描述，以及強大的控制，以便人們可以隨時打開或關閉它，並刪除歷史記錄」。
explicitly：
英 [ɪksˈplɪsɪtli] 美 [ɪkˈsplɪsətli]
明確地;明白地
The search engine faced a similar suit in January when four attorneys general from the District of Columbia, Texas, Indiana and Washington state claimed it had used 「dark patterns」 and deceptive practices to track users』 physical location even when those users have made efforts to block Google from doing so.
今年1月，該搜尋引擎面臨著類似的訴訟。來自哥倫比亞特區、德克薩斯州、印第安納州和華盛頓州的四名檢察長聲稱，即使用戶試圖阻止谷歌獲取實際位置，但是搜尋引擎使用了「暗箱操作」和欺騙手段來實現了追蹤。
pattern：
英 [ˈpætn] 美 [ˈpætərn]
圖案;模式;方式;範例;典範
Location data like the kind collected by Google can be used to target advertising and build profiles on internet users. Google and other large tech companies have come under renewed scrutiny for their handling of location data in the wake of the overturn of Roe v. Wade. After facing pressure from lawmakers over how such data could be used to track abortion seekers, Google said it would start deleting user location history for visits to abortion clinics and fertility clinics, among other destinations.
谷歌收集的這種位置數據可以用於針對網際網路用戶的廣告和建立個人資料。在羅訴韋德案（Roe v.Wade）被推翻後，谷歌和其他大型科技公司因處理位置數據而再次受到審查。在面臨立法者關於如何利用此類數據追蹤墮胎者的壓力後，谷歌表示將開始刪除墮胎診所和生育診所等目的地的用戶位置歷史記錄。
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