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.