Google pays $ 17 million for Secure Users
Google has agreed to pay $ 17 million to end lawsuits for monitoring users as part of a settlement agreement announced Monday with 38 U.S. states.
" Consumers should be able to know if there are other eyes browsing the Internet with them. By monitoring millions of people without their knowledge, Google has not only violated their privacy, but also their confidence ," commented Eric Schneiderman Minister of Justice of the State of New York, in the press release announcing the agreement.
Google was accused of placing small software on the computers of some users of Apple's browser, Safari. | AFP / SAM YEH
Google was accused of placing unauthorized small spyware on users computers Apple Safari browser , bypassing the settings that prohibit this type of monitoring .
