Google侵犯隱私?德州獲賠13.75億美元和解




Google同德州達成13.75億美元和解協議 涉違用戶數據私隱指控

路透社報道,Google與美國德州政府達成原則性和解協議,將支付13.75億美元,以解決德州總檢察長Ken Paxton指控該公司違反用戶數據私隱的訴訟。這宗和解涵蓋兩宗訴訟,涉及三款產品涉嫌違反德州消費者保護法。

Paxton表示:「喺德州,大型科技公司唔可以凌駕法律之上。多年來,Google秘密追蹤用戶嘅行蹤、私人搜索,甚至連聲紋同面部特徵都被收集。我反擊並贏咗呢場官司。」不過,和解詳情未有公開,而德州檢察長亦未透露和解款項將如何使用。

Google方面指出,和解涵蓋Incognito隱身模式、位置歷史記錄及生物識別等指控,但公司未承認有任何錯誤。Google發言人José Castañeda表示:「呢次和解解決咗一系列舊有指控,其中好多已喺其他地方處理過,涉及嘅產品政策我哋早已改變。我哋好高興可以將呢啲問題放低,並會繼續喺服務中加入更強嘅私隱保護措施。」

事實上,Paxton喺2022年曾兩次起訴Google,指控該公司未經適當同意,收集德州居民嘅面部幾何數據同聲紋;同時指控Google喺用戶以為已關閉定位功能時仍追蹤其位置,並誤導用戶以為Incognito模式可以完全隱藏瀏覽活動。

Google發言人補充話,和解並唔要求對產品作出改動。

值得一提的是,Meta Platforms(Facebook同Instagram嘅母公司)喺去年亦同Paxton達成14億美元和解,原因係涉嫌非法收集同使用面部辨識數據。

評論與啟示

呢宗和解案反映出大型科技公司喺用戶數據管理方面正面臨越來越嚴格嘅監管壓力,尤其係喺美國各州層面。德州檢察長Ken Paxton嘅強硬態度,彰顯咗地方政府願意挑戰科技巨頭,確保消費者權益獲得保障。

儘管Google未承認錯誤,但支付龐大和解金額,已經係對其過往數據政策嘅一種間接承認。今次和解同時點出「Incognito模式」嘅誤導問題,提醒用戶要更加警惕科技公司所謂嘅「私隱保護」功能,唔可以盡信表面承諾。

此外,和解案未要求Google修改產品,反映監管機構或許更希望透過經濟懲罰同公眾曝光,促使企業自行改善,而非直接介入產品設計。呢種策略有其優點,但同時亦可能限制監管力度,令消費者保護仍存在漏洞。

對香港及其他地區用戶而言,呢宗事件係一個警示,提醒大家喺享受科技便利同服務嘅同時,要提高私隱意識,主動了解並管理自己嘅數據權利。政府同監管機構亦應借鑒此例,積極制定本地數據保護政策,防止類似隱私侵犯行為發生。

總括而言,Google同德州嘅和解案係科技界數據私隱監管逐步收緊嘅一個縮影,未來如何平衡創新同用戶私隱,將會係業界同監管層面持續面對嘅挑戰。

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