BREACH OF PRIVACY: A Google logo is seen outside its headquarters in Mountain View. The company was fined by the FTC for using a computer code known as 'cookies' to bypass the privacy settings of the Safari browser. - Reuters
WASHINGTON: Google will pay US$22.5mil (RM67.5mil) to settle charges it bypassed the privacy settings of customers using Apple’s Safari browser, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said.
The deal announced on Thursday in the United States ends an FTC inquiry into allegations that Google used computer code known as “cookies” to trick the Safari browser on iPhones and iPads so the Internet search company could monitor users who had blocked such tracking.
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