Google reaches privacy settlement with FTC


WASHINGTON: Google has agreed to adopt a comprehensive privacy programme to settle federal charges that it deceived users and violated its own privacy policy when it launched a social networking service called Buzz last year.

The search giant triggered a fierce user backlash when it integrated Buzz into its Gmail e-mail service in February 2010.

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