US technology giant Google is paying $17 million to 37 states and the District of Columbia for spying on users of a Web browser developed by Apple Inc.
The settlement was announced on Monday after it was revealed that DoubleClick, a Google subsidiary that develops and provides Internet advertising services, manipulated a technological loophole to spy on millions of people using Safari Web browsers in 2011 and 2012.
Tracking online activities of Safari users, Google’s DoubleClick could figure out what kinds of ads were more appealing to various Safari users .... http://www.presstv.ir
