Google Pays $17 Mn For Stalking Apple's Safari


Bangalore: As per a legal order, Google payed a sum of $17 million to 37 states in the U.S. as penalty for a third-party tracking of Safari users without their knowledge, reports The Register.

The argument states that Google degraded the code of Safari using JavaScript to let the installation of double click cookies without informing the users. The fraud alteration continued from June 1, 2011 to February 15, 2012 until brought to the light by a Stanford researcher.  

New York's attorney general Schneiderman responded to the situation saying "Consumers should be able to know whether there are other eyes surfing the web with them. By tracking millions of people without their knowledge, Google violated not only their privacy, but also their trust,"

Google has agreed to shut down all double click cookies that can pop up before February 14, 2014 while setting up a website and agreed to explain accurately about the cookie policies. Google spokesman told in a settlement that "We work hard to get privacy right at Google and have taken steps to remove the ad cookies, which collected no personal information, from Apple’s browsers"

The response on the Google street view Wi-Fi issue was something similar and people are finding hard to count on the internet giant.

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