The battle between Apple and Google has just begun. And the Apple could soon take the lead. In fact, the Mountain View group could be forced to pay a fine of 22,5 million dollars. The accusation, made by the Cupertino company, is that of having circumvented the provisions on privacy, through a illegal use of cookies, of customers using Apple's Safari browser. This is what we read in the Wall Street Journal, which quotes officials familiar with the terms of the agreement.
If the sanction were to be verified, it would be the largest fine ever imposed on a single company by the Federal trade commission, the American antitrust correspondent.
Google responded to the allegations by declaring that the tracking of cookies was unintentional and caused no harm to consumers. "We can't go into details, but remember that we set very high privacy and security standards for our users," explained a search engine spokesperson. “The Federal Trade Commission focused on a help center page” that has now been changed, he added Google, explaining that he has “removed advertising cookies from Apple's browser, which did not collect any personal information".
Google faces new potential sanctions from other governments as well and is also under investigation by the European Union, which wants to determine whether the company respects its privacy laws.
