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Google Ordered to Pay Millions For Violating Privacy

Must pay $22.5 million because of its use of cookies on the Safari browser

Reason Staff | 11.28.2012 10:44 AM


After violating a 2011 privacy settlement it had made with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Google has been ordered to pay a $22.5 million fine over its use of cookies on users of Apple's  Safari web browser.

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