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| US fines Google $22.5 million for privacy violations |
| 2012-08-12 |
| The US Federal Trade Commission [FTC] fined Google $22.5 million for violating the privacy of people who used rival Apple's Safari web browser even after pledging not to do so. The FTC said Google had agreed with the commission in October 2011 not to place tracking cookies on or deliver targeted ads to Safari users, but then went ahead and did so. David Vladeck, director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, questioned Google's efforts on privacy protection. "It is troubling to us that Google says, we didn't know," he told reporters. "A company like Google that is storing personal information from hundreds of millions of people has to do better." While Google agreed to the fine, it did not admit it had violated the earlier agreement. A Google spokesperson said the FTC was focused on a help center web page published more than two years before Google agreed to refrain from the cookie activities on Safari. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #3 Hmmm, some reason Allah's pissed at those folk? LIghtning at the Mosque, now this, Maybe it's a sign NOT to kill people In HIS name. Use another. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2012-08-12 11:42 |
| #2 Meanwhile the local, State, and Federal govmint is in everyone's business from health care, to what you buy, and to what you eat and drink. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2012-08-12 08:43 |
| #1 So? When do I get my check? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2012-08-12 00:05 |