<div class="styles_HTMLContent__LDG2k"> <p>&nbsp;Google has agreed to a record $391.5 million settlement with Maryland and 39 other states over its location tracking practices. It is the largest multistate privacy settlement in U.S. history.</p> </div> <div class="styles_HTMLContent__LDG2k"> <p>Maryland's share of the settlement is $8.6 million, Attorney General Brian E. Frosh said Monday.</p> <p>The settlement — the largest amount paid to state attorneys general in a privacy investigation — also requires Google to make it easier for consumers to manage their privacy settings when using Google products.</p> </div> <div class="js-ad ContentBlocks_CardDetail__AdBlock__GpVT1 ContentBlocks_CardDetail__AdBlock–native__M_lBb ContentBlocks_CardDetail__AdBlock–desktop__70SV6"></div> <div class="styles_HTMLContent__LDG2k"> <p>“Google misled Marylanders about its location tracking practices. It built detailed profiles of users but failed to alert them to the extent of the sensitive, personal location information it collected,” Frosh said in a statement. “This settlement will give users greater power to protect their privacy.”</p> </div>