Google has agreed to pay $68 million (Rp1.1 trillion) to settle a case dragging Google Assistant. The assistant is accused of spying on users through voice.
Google is suspected of illegally recording communications between users and the voice assistant for targeted ad display. Although it agreed to pay, Google still does not admit its guilt in the case.
The main focus of this case is the false activation that occurs on the user's smart device. Google Assistant is suspected of recording conversations even though the user did not say the keyword to activate the assistant.
Information from the recording was also allegedly illegally handed over by Google to third parties. The plaintiff stated that the data was used for commercial purposes that violated the individual's privacy rights.
The alleged tapping of smart devices is not new in the US. A similar case occurred at Apple in 2021 until the company had to pay 95 million US dollars (Rp. 1.5 trillion) to settle the case.
Google has faced a number of lawsuits related to data privacy in recent years. Last year, Google had to pay 1.4 billion US dollars (Rp23.4 trillion) to the state of Texas for a similar case.
With the prevalence of cases targeting privacy and security, Google continues to update its privacy policy. They also continue to launch security updates to address public concerns about their voice assistant.
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