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(48,121 posts) Wed Nov 20, 2013, 08:48 AM Nov 2013

Google Must Pay $17 Million Settlement (for hacking to track online activity)

Google Must Pay $17 Million Settlement

OMAHA (CN) - Google will pay $17 million to 36 states and the District of Columbia to settle complaints that it hacked Apple's Safari browser to track online activity.

Google changed coding to hack past privacy settings on Safari from June 2011 until February 2012, state attorneys general said. Google claimed it stopped doing it then.

Nebraska will get $247,850 from the payout, the state said in its settled lawsuit in Douglas County Court.

http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/11/19/63023.htm

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Google Must Pay $17 Million Settlement (for hacking to track online activity) (Original Post) The Straight Story Nov 2013 OP

I don't trust google madokie Nov 2013 #1

A drop in the proverbial bucket pipoman Nov 2013 #2

Legumes dipsydoodle Nov 2013 #3

madokie

(51,076 posts)

1. I don't trust google

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Wed Nov 20, 2013, 08:59 AM

Nov 2013

I have google blocked from setting a cookie in my browser and I don't seem to have any problem due to that either.

pipoman

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2. A drop in the proverbial bucket

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Wed Nov 20, 2013, 09:00 AM

Nov 2013

why do these fines never really result in punishment? Google probably realized 10 times that amount or more while violating people's privacy..a good investment for them. Mega corps fines should be based on a percentage of company value not some abstract, subjective figure dreamed up by a corporate judge..

dipsydoodle

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3. Legumes

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Wed Nov 20, 2013, 09:03 AM

Nov 2013

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