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Google executives are realizing that penalties for privacy breaches, like those it acknowledged involving its Street View project, do matter, if only because of the reputational risks.

A judge has reversed an order banning a Michigan man from criticizing a class action settlement on Facebook. A McDonald's restaurant in Dearborn, MI, allegedly advertised non-halal meat as halal, outraging Muslims who ate there. A class action lawsuit was filed, resulting in a settlement that would...

Google has finalized a settlement with 37 states and the District of Columbia over its Street View privacy debacle . The entire issue began because of a “rogue” engineer who activated the wireless collection system on Google’s Street View cars. The system tapped into various, unecrypted WiFi...

The settlement with 37 states bans unauthorized data collection and requires Google to train employees on privacy issues. [Read more]

Google's Street View program collected personal data about nearby users via WiFi as its vehicles drove through neighborhoods taking photographs.

Apple is close to reaching a settlement for the "iPhone" trademark in Brazil , according to Forbes. The company has been locked in a lawsuit with Brazilian company IGB Electronica, which was granted the Brazilian iPhone trademark in 2007. IGB originally applied for the iPhone trademark in 2000....

Apple and IGB Eletrônica are allegedly close to a settlement in the Brazilian iPhone trademark dispute, according to reports from a local newspaper. Forbes reports that Folha de São Paulo , Brazil's largest daily newspaper, claims that both parties have agreed to end their lawsuit and come to some...

For most people, their worst fear is having their private information, like their search history or e-mails, leaked out to the public. While their information wasn’t leaked publicly, many people found that their greatest fear almost became a reality when Google Street View cars accidentally came...

The company could settle with 30 states as early as next week. [Read more]

Google is reportedly preparing to pay out $7 million, split between 40 states, to settle an investigation into Street View privacy violations. The case alleges Street View cars collected personal data over Wi-Fi without people's knowledge or consent, and is reportedly the one that was launched in...