Google Said Near $22.5 Million Settlement in Browser Breach
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Google Inc., owner of the world’s most popular search engine, is nearing an agreement to pay $22.5 million to settle a U.S. Federal Trade Commission probe over claims it violated user privacy on Apple Inc.’s Internet browser, a person with knowledge of the matter said.
The settlement would resolve an investigation over how Google’s software tracked user activities when they accessed the Safari browser, said the person, who asked not to be named because the matter hasn’t been made public. A Stanford University graduate student found this year that Google, using its DoubleClick ad network, violated users’ privacy via the Safari browser on devices such as the iPhone and iPad.