Google Deceived Users About Location Tracking, States Allege

WASHINGTON—Alphabet Inc.’s Google deceived consumers by recording their location even after users tried to turn off the company’s tracking on their smartphones and web browsers, according to lawsuits by Washington, D.C. , and three other states.

Google falsely told customers that if they opted out of collection of their “Location History” or other settings, Google wouldn’t store the places they went, according to one of the lawsuits, filed Monday in the District of Columbia’s Superior Court by D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine.