BIG PENALTY: Google is paying a $22.5 million fine to settle the latest regulatory case questioning the company's respect for people's privacy and the integrity of its internal controls. WHAT HAPPENED: The fine wasn't about data collection, but what the government considers a broken promise over tracking on Apple's Safari browser. SIGNIFICANCE: The amount won't leave much of a financial dent at Google. Bad publicity may be the bigger blow for Google, which takes so much pride in its scruples that it has adopted "Don't Be Evil" as its corporate motto.
News Summary: Google fined $22.5M on privacy
— Aug. 9 5:33 PM EDT
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In this his June 27, 2012 photo, Vic Gundotra, Google Senior Vice President of Engineering, talks about Google Plus at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco. On Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission announced a record fine to settle a case over whether unauthorized changes Google made to privacy settings in Safari Web browsers violated an agreement prohibiting the company from misleading consumers. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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