The Google search platform again displayed, this Thursday (24), the Real conversion panel to other currencies. The tool had been suspended in December, after the company admitted errors that led to a $ 0.23 quote above the official amount.
In a statement, Google said the converter now has additional security features, such as blocking data supply on weekends and holidays so that the displayed amount corresponds to the official quote of the last business day. The platform also said it will publicize the data source.
“The feature is becoming available to our users after significant adjustments and additional safeguards, including blocking conversion data updates on weekends and holidays and data source display,” Google said. The note also pointed out that the platform is committed to “accurate and reliable information.”
On December 25, Christmas holiday, the Google converter showed the US currency quote at $ 6.38, when the commercial dollar was $ 6.15, based on the quotation of the previous business day. On December 26, the Attorney General of the Union (AGU) requested clarification from the Central Bank (BC) and threatened to take action against Google for financial market manipulation.
Error admission
At the time, the company that provides data on the exchange rate to Google admitted the errorattributing the difference of values to the “inaccuracy of a contributor”. The outsourced company said it was working so that the problems would not be repeated.
This was not the first time that Google’s coin converter had problems. On November 6, the day after Donald Trump’s victory in US presidential elections, the panel reported that the commercial dollar was $ 6.14 late in the morning, when the border was being sold at $ 5.70. That day, the US currency closed at $ 5.67, with a drop of $ 0.072.
