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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2171417/Google-faces-22-5-fine-snooping-iPhone-iPad-users-But-just-17-hours-make.htmlGoogle 'faces $22.5m fine for snooping on iPhone and iPad users' (But it will take them just 17 hours to make)
Google used a special computer code - or 'cookies' - to trick Apple's Safari browser so it could monitor users
Google said it was 'inadvertent' and has removed it
Violated FTC agreement to be open about privacy practices
By Reuters Reporter and Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 06:44 EST, 10 July 2012 | UPDATED: 19:20 EST, 10 July 2012
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Google will reportedly be fined £14.5million for spying on millions of Apple customers.
The company is at the centre of yet another privacy row, having been accused of bypassing web security settings.
It allegedly tricked Apple’s Safari browser – found on iPhones, iPads and Mac computers – into dropping its automatic privacy safeguards, allowing it to snoop on users across the globe, including those in Britain.
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