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« on: November 17, 2012, 11:01:01 am »

Judge accepts $22.5 million Google fine in Safari privacy case
   




   
A U.S. judge has indicated she will accept the terms of a settlement deal between Google and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, in which Google will pay a $22.5 million fine for circumventing privacy protections in Apple’s Safari browser.

The judge’s decision is a setback for Consumer Watchdog, which had been pushing for tougher sanctions, including a higher fine, but the consumer rights group said it had achieved its goal of drawing attention to what it sees as the ineffectiveness of such settlements.

“Privacy is important and no one seems to be protecting our privacy—at least, the FTC isn’t,” Gary Reback, an attorney working for Consumer Watchdog, told reporters outside the courtroom after the hearing Friday morning.

The fine against Google proposed by the FTC seems adequate and the settlement should not require Google to admit any liability for its actions, said Judge Susan Illston at the hearing, which was at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
      

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2014313/judge-accepts-225-million-google-fine-in-safari-privacy-case.html
   
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