Google Might be Fined For Bypassing Safari Privacy Settings

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imageGoogle Might be Fined For Bypassing Safari Privacy Settings

A couple of months ago, WSJ reported that Google, along with a few other advertising companies, used a loophole in mobile Safari to bypass the default privacy settings and track browsing habits of users. (Google has, since, stopped using this loophole.)

Mercury News now follows up with a report that says the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating Google's actions, which may lead to a fine.

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  • Dan o
    Dan o Posts: 8
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    Don't be evil
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  • Rounak
    Rounak Posts: 269
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    When you read about this, Google's sniffing of user data, closed AdWords and Adsense review policy, it strikes of how Google is a complete hypocrite, and how the dont be evil slogan hit them right in their face.
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  • Pacomac
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    These kind fines aren't sufficient for Google to take this seriously! $16,000 dollars a day is like us being charged a few cents/pennies per day! Surely these penalties need to be proportional to yearly turnover to do any good! Again those bigger companies can do what they like because they have the finances to run rungs around the legal profession!
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