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Google could again end up in the courts for having collected private data via Safari on the user’s knowledge.
Published March 29, 2015 – 10:19 by Francois Giraud
Google would have collected private data via Safari without the knowledge of users
Google Web giant could again find in court for having collected without the knowledge of users, confidential data via Safari. The case dates back to 2012. Google was sentenced to pay a fine of $ 22.5 million for failing to comply with the rules of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) .. The giant deliberately installed an advertising cookie in the Safari browsers to gather confidential information without the knowledge of users, including if they had requested that their personal data will not be shared.
A first conviction in the US that could be repeated in Great Britain
Google had therefore been a first conviction in the United States, but the case did not end there, as the Web giant could also be a second conviction in Britain on the same facts. Google had appealed to the court, which rejected his application. Google becomes thereby potentially challengeable by all Safari users
Google could be disturbed by justice UK
In addition to the fine of $ 22.5 million that Google had been convicted, he must add one second fine of $ 17 million that Google had to pay 37 US states. The BBC says that all Safari browser users may attack Google in court. This possibility was confirmed by the British Court of Appeal. The only requirement for users is to have used Safari during the period and be without the area in question, so in Britain. Google, which has denied the charges against him states that no financial damage has been conducted against Internet users.
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