Google to pay $42.7 million in penalties for misleading users – Australian watchdog

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(Reuters) – Australia’s competition watchdog said on Friday that Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) 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.

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