Google close to paying $ 22.5 million fine

Google is close to deciding to pay as much as $ 22.5 million in fines. All because of accusations of violating the privacy of those who use Apple's Safari. At $ 16,000 for each day during which Google deliberately ignored Do Not Track.

According to the Wall Street Journal, this will be the largest fine in the entire history of the FTC (Federal Trade Commission).
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Let me remind you of what Google was accused of.

The Federal Trade Commission blamed the giant for continuing to monitor the behavior of Safari users, even if they activated a special feature to prevent tracking. Google turned off the snag for Safari only after it was written about in the Wall Street Journal.

Of course, Safari is used by a sufficient number of people, and the people didn’t like this situation very much.

PS According to approximate calculations, the amount of the fine is the earnings of Google in about 5 hours. But for the company a more serious consequence may be that a number of users will now doubt their honesty. As in their glory "Corporation of Good."

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