Bloomberg is reporting that the Federal Trade Commission will fine Google for its breach of Apple’s Safari web browser security. You might recall that happened a little while back. Now the word is that the fine could be as much as $19 million.
The FTC is preparing to allege that Mountain View, California-based Google deceived consumers and violated terms of a consent decree signed with the commission last year when it planted so-called cookies on Safari, bypassing Apple software’s privacy settings, the person said.
Sucks to be them. But given the fact that Google has a history of playing fast and loose with the privacy of its users, they deserve it.
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Google To Be Fined Millions Over Safari Breach
Bloomberg is reporting that the Federal Trade Commission will fine Google for its breach of Apple’s Safari web browser security. You might recall that happened a little while back. Now the word is that the fine could be as much as $19 million.
The FTC is preparing to allege that Mountain View, California-based Google deceived consumers and violated terms of a consent decree signed with the commission last year when it planted so-called cookies on Safari, bypassing Apple software’s privacy settings, the person said.
Sucks to be them. But given the fact that Google has a history of playing fast and loose with the privacy of its users, they deserve it.
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This entry was posted on May 5, 2012 at 8:49 pm and is filed under Commentary with tags FTC, Google, Privacy, Safari. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.