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Google to pay $22.5M privacy settlement with FTC

Google is testing a new program that allows

Photo credit: Getty Images, 2011 | Google is testing a new program that allows its search engine to bring information drawn from its users' Gmail accounts to a main search page.

Google's $22.5 million agreement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to settle claims the company improperly planted cookies on Apple's Safari Internet browser was approved by a federal judge.

U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco found arguments from a consumer group that the settlement was inadequate unpersuasive and accepted the agreement.

The court "finds that the...

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