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Google settles FTC privacy case for $22.5 million, agency’s largest penalty
Source: Washington Post
Posted at 11:56 AM ET, 08/09/2012
Google settles FTC privacy case for 22.5 million, agency's largest penalty
By Hayley Tsukayama
Google and the Federal Trade Commission Thursday announced the company has agreed to a $22.5 million settlement — the agency’s largest penalty ever — on charges that Google misrepresented its actions to users of Apple’s Safari browser.
The FTC charged that Google had placed tracking cookies on users’ computers, in some cases working around the privacy settings of Apple’s browser. This, the agency said, violated a settlement Google made with the FTC last March over privacy issues with its Google Buzz social network. In that settlement, Google agreed not to misrepresent its privacy policies to consumers.
In a release, FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said that the penalty underscores the agency’s commitment to enforcing its orders on privacy.
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Google settles FTC privacy case for 22.5 million, agency's largest penalty
By Hayley Tsukayama
Google and the Federal Trade Commission Thursday announced the company has agreed to a $22.5 million settlement — the agency’s largest penalty ever — on charges that Google misrepresented its actions to users of Apple’s Safari browser.
The FTC charged that Google had placed tracking cookies on users’ computers, in some cases working around the privacy settings of Apple’s browser. This, the agency said, violated a settlement Google made with the FTC last March over privacy issues with its Google Buzz social network. In that settlement, Google agreed not to misrepresent its privacy policies to consumers.
In a release, FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said that the penalty underscores the agency’s commitment to enforcing its orders on privacy.
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Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-tech/post/google-settles-ftc-privacy-case-for-225-million-agencys-largest-penalty/2012/08/09/e048f6a2-e236-11e1-a25e-15067bb31849_blog.html
