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WSJ: Google Settling With FTC Over Privacy Breach

Google is reportedly nearing a deal to pay $22.5 million to settle charges with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, related to its sneaky sidestepping of Apple users’ privacy settings. The fine, as The Wall Street Journal reports, is expected to be the largest penalty ever levied on a single company by the FTC. “It offers the latest sign of the FTC's stepped-up approach to policing online privacy violations,” WSJ reports.
 

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