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Google settles with DC and Indiana over location tracking lawsuits.

The search giant’s required to pay $9.5 million to DC and $20 million to Indiana after the states sued the company for allegedly tracking users’ locations without their consent. This $29.5 million sum adds to the $392 million Google agreed to pay to 40 states over similar allegations last month.

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