An August 2018 AP investigation revealed that Google continued to track users' physical locations even when they disabled 'Location History' in their account settings. A separate 'Web & App Activity' setting, enabled by default, continued collecting location data. Internal emails showed Google employees knew the settings were confusing. Google was sued by 40 states and settled for a record $392 million. Google Assistant was also found to be recording without consent, leading to a separate $68 million settlement.