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Big tech fines in 2012

In 2012, this directory records 1 major tech penalty totalling roughly $22.5M. The largest was Google's $22.5M action.

1 penalty

Google · 2012

Google's $22.5M FTC fine over Safari cookie tracking

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The FTC penalised Google for circumventing Safari's default cookie-blocking to track users for advertising, despite telling those users they were protected. It was a record FTC civil penalty at the time.

FTC · US$22.5M