The document, dated Aug. 21, said the hired lawyers would help probe an unnamed tech company and its “storage of consumer location data, tracking of consumer location, and other consumer tracking through . The state also can seek penalties of up to $10,000 per violation, meaning Google's location privacy practices could result in a sky-high fine for the company. Arizona’s investigation of Google marks Brnovich’s latest attempt to push tech giants to improve their online privacy practices. With Google, the new Arizona probe could embolden privacy hawks who would like to see federal regulators open their own investigation. It already has to contend with an antitrust investigation in Missouri, where the state's Republican attorney general, Josh Hawley, sent Google his latest subpoena in July.

Source: Washington Post September 11, 2018 14:31 UTC