State AG Updates: Arizona, Texas, California, North Carolina, Washington, New York and an AG Coalition

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In this edition of Faegre Drinker’s State Attorneys General Update, we discuss:

Arizona AG Enters $85 Million Settlement With Google for Alleged Improper Use of Consumer Location Data

Google agreed to an $85 million settlement for alleged violations of Arizona’s Consumer Fraud Act. Specifically, the Arizona AG alleged that Google violated the Act by building “coercive design tactics used to manipulate users’ behavior,” known as “dark patterns,” into its Android phone software. In this instance, the AG alleged that Google created misleading settings, so even if a consumer turned off location tracking in the “Location History” menu, location data would still be tracked and used to sell advertisements through other settings — specifically, the “Web & App Activity” menu.

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Head of DOJ Antitrust Division Addresses Implications of Data Privacy in the Era of Big Data

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Assistant Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Antitrust Division, Makan Delrahim recently spoke at the University of Chicago’s Antitrust and Competition Conference and discussed how U.S. antitrust law should treat “big data.”  According to Delrahim, antitrust law is “flexible enough to address competition issues from emerging platforms,” including large tech companies like Google and Facebook that possess significant market share within their lines of business and simultaneously aggregate vast sums of personal data from consumers.

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