Google To Pay $42.7 Million In Penalties For Misleading Users – Australian Watchdog

Google To Pay $42.7 Million In Penalties For Misleading Users - Australian Watchdog

(Reuters) – Australia’s competition watchdog said on Friday that Alphabet Inc’s Google unit was ordered by the country’s federal court to pay A$60 million ($42.7 million) in penalties for misleading users on collection of personal data.

($1 = 1.4055 Australian dollars)

(Reporting by Navya Mittal in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)