Google Writes $22.5 Million Check to FTC

摘要

Google Inc. had to pull out its checkbook to pay the largest fine ever levied by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC): $22.5 million that will apparently settle allegations that it breached Apple's Safari Internet browser. This is an FTC first for an Internet privacy violation. But it may not be last because the Commission has warned it's beefing up enforcement of consumers' online rights.