"Google hit with record fine''

From Big Brother Watch

''In the largest penalty ever imposed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Google’s tracking of users without permission has set an important precedent, although it is a fine that barely trouble’s Google’s finances.

The fine – $22.5m -  was handed down after Google deliberately placed cookies to track a user’s web activity that avoided Safari’s usual default-block on cookies from ‘third party’ sites, such as advertising networks.''

read more