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The state of Maryland has entered into multiple settlements with Experian over data breaches. The Maryland Attorney General s Office along with those in 39 other states announced two separate settlements with Experian and a subsidiary recently over the companies handling of personal information. Experian failed to notify customers regarding data breaches in 2010 and 2015. .
Iowa will collect more than $6 million from Google over the internet giant s location-tracking practices. The settlement is part of a multi-state, $390 million lawsuit. The Iowa Attorney General s office has seen an increase in consumer complaints related to online activity, and has devoted more resources to policing online practices. .
Des Moines, IA- Iowa is part of a multimillion-dollar settlement with Google regarding how it tracks users' personal information. Attorney General Spokesperson Ashlee Kieler tells Radio Iowa that the state is among 39 other states that bought claims. "This group of attorneys general alleges that Google violated state consumer protection laws by misleading consumers about its tracking practices," Kieler says. Kieler said the goal was to make it easier for users to understand what's happening. "Google has a couple of different ways that track you. There's location history, but then there's also this other setting within its web and app activity," Kieler says. "And so it was a little confusing to confuse consumers because location history is something that you turn off, it's off automatically, but then this other piece the web and app activity you have to go in and manually take that off. So it was tracking consumers when they thought