In This Issue:

Report: Google to Pay $22.5 Million Fine to FTC Over Privacy Violations; “Barefoot” Class Actions Run into Court; $9M Netflix Privacy Settlement Gets Preliminary Approval; NAD Cleans Up Vacuum Claims; and Just Tweet It: Nike Butts Heads With UK Advertising Regulators Over Twitter.

Excerpt from Report: Google to Pay $22.5 Million Fine to FTC Over Privacy Violations

Google will settle charges that it violated the privacy of millions of consumers to the tune of $22.5 million, according to a recent report in The Wall Street Journal.

Last fall, a graduate student revealed that Google, among others, was circumventing Safari’s no-tracking browser settings by using hidden code to install a cookie to track users’ browsing habits. The company acknowledged the practice but said that it was unintentional and that it had removed the cookies. The Federal Trade Commission began an investigation in February.