“Google continued collecting location data even when users turned off various location-sharing settings, made popular privacy settings harder to find, and even pressured LG and other phone makers into hiding settings precisely because users liked them, according to the documents.”
Google’s own product manager for location couldn’t explain how its privacy settings fit together. Its former Maps VP testified that the only way to hide your home address was to lie about it. Phone makers were pushed to bury settings because people used them. Google’s statement says it has always built in robust controls. Its own documents say otherwise.