The Federal Trade Commission is negotiating with Google Inc.
(GOOG) over the size of a fine the Internet search giant will have
to pay for allegedly breaching Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) browser,
Bloomberg News reported Friday, citing a person familiar with the
matter.
The FTC is getting ready to claim that Google violated the terms
of a consent decree last year when it planted "cookies" on Safari,
the Apple browser, violating privacy settings, Bloomberg
reported.
The fine, which could be tens of millions of dollars, would be
the first such action by the FTC over a violation of privacy
safeguards on the Internet, according to Bloomberg's report.
A spokeswoman for the FTC declined to comment.
Full story at
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-04/google-said-to-face-fine-by-u-s-over-apple-safari-breach.html
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