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Google will pay a seven million dollar (£4.7 million) fine to settle a multi-state investigation into the internet search giant's interception of emails, passwords and other sensitive information sent several years ago over unprotected wireless networks throughout the world.
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Thanks to Google, Microsoft is set to pay a nearly $750 million fine to the European Union after violating an antitrust law.
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Google will pay a $7 million penalty to settle a multistate investigation into the Internet search leader's collection of emails, passwords and other sensitive information sent over wireless networks several years ago in neighborhoods scattered around the world. The resolution will close a joint investigation by attorneys general in about 30 states, according to a person...
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Google will pay a $7 million fine to settle a multistate investigation into a snoopy software program that enabled the Internet search leader to intercept emails, passwords and other
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SAN FRANCISCO — Google will pay a $7 million fine to settle a multistate investigation into the Internet search leader's interception of emails, passwords and other sensitive information sent several
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Raytheon Co, one of the largest U.S. weapons makers, has agreed to pay $8 million in civil penalties to resolve hundreds of alleged violations of U.S. export control laws, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday.
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Maggie Lake and Samuel Burke have more on the $7 million fine that Google will pay to settle a privacy lawsuit.
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Google will pay a $7 million fine to settle a multistate investigation into the Internet search leader's interception of emails, passwords and other sensitive information sent several years ago over unprotected wireless neighborhoods scattered throughout the world.
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Filed under: TechnologyGoogle Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) admitted that as it collected data for its street mapping initiative, it collected private data from unprotected Wi-Fi systems as well. The penalty for the action was so small that it was meaningless. According to The New York Times: In agreeing to settle a case brought by 38 states involving the project, the search company...
dailyfinance.com (2 months and 7 days ago)
Google has admitted it broke privacy laws with its Street View technology and will pay $7 million to the 38 states that sued — one of the largest amounts ever imposed for similar digital violations. The company announced its settlement on Tuesday, and privacy rights groups were quick to applaud. ...
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