Three U.S. states, D.C. sue Google over location-tracking


FILE PHOTO A sign is pictured outside a Google office near the companys headquarters in Mountain View California U.S. May 8 2019.  REUTERSParesh Dave

FILE PHOTO: A sign is pictured outside a Google office near the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., May 8, 2019. REUTERS/Paresh Dave

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Texas, Indiana, Washington State and the District of Columbia sued Alphabet Inc's Google on Monday over what they called deceptive location-tracking practices that invade users’ privacy.

"Google falsely led consumers to believe that changing their account and device settings would allow customers to protect their privacy and control what personal data the company could access," Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine's office said in a statement.

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