Google has agreed to pay 17 millions of dollars as a fine for those who want to secretly monitor the activities of some consumers on the Internet. The fine was set by the Attorney General of New York, Eric Schneiderman on Monday.
Prosecutors from 28 states accused Google of violating consumer protection law and privacy laws by bypassing Apple's Safari browser privacy settings to display targeted ads.
“Consumers should be able to know if someone is tracking their browsing on Internet” ανέφερε ο Schneiderman.” Με την παρακολούθηση εκατομμυρίων ανθρώπων εν αγνοία τους, η Google παραβίασε όχι μόνο την ιδιωτική τους ζωή, αλλά και την confidence their."
The case arose after the discovery of Google's method of displaying targeted ads using cookies. Google announced on the webσελίδα that Safari's privacy settings can prevent Google from tracking these cookies. But a post from Wall Street Journal last year revealed that Google was able to bypass these settings by exploiting a loophole in the program tours Safari.
