FTC Settles Privacy Complaints Against Google and Facebook | Practical Law
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a settlement with Google Inc., over charges that Google violated an earlier privacy settlement with the FTC by misrepresenting to users of Apple Inc.'s Safari internet browser that it would not place tracking cookies on their computers or serve them targeted ads. Google agreed to pay a record $22.5 million civil penalty and disable all the improper tracking cookies. The FTC also announced that it has accepted as final a settlement with Facebook resolving charges that Facebook deceived consumers by telling them that their information could be kept private on Facebook, but repeatedly allowing it to be made public.