British users of Apple products were able to file a class action lawsuit against Google for spying on them through the browser Safari. Internet giant has found a way to circumvent the protection of Internet browser built into mobile devices on iOS, and gather information about visited sites without the user's permission, given in an explicit form.
Scandal, recall, broke out in February 2012 after an expert in the field of network security Jonathan Mayer found that the Internet giant and advertising companies established on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch specially written code that bypassed the privacy settings of Safari.
Google developers have found a loophole in the protection of the browser, utilizing the mechanism of the container and use iframe invisible to the user of the widget. As a result, Safari tracking is enabled by setting a cookie on the device, and Google gets an opportunity to identify a person with a specific account.
This method was used in the ad units now defunct social network Buzz. Google also announced that no derogation is permissible, and use the law function of the browser itself.
In November 2012, a US federal judge approved the amount of the fine to $ 22.5 million, which Google had to FTC, to resolve the conflict with the collection of information about users Safari. Similar proceedings initiated by the now Google Action Group in the UK. It offers the British demand compensation payments with the search giant. At this could count all those who enjoyed the iPhone, iPad or Mac in the period from summer 2011 to spring 2012.
At Google, in his defense said that Safari, supplied with computers and mobile devices Apple, the default lock files cookie, which do not relate to visit the site, and to third-party resources. In addition to references to technological features of this browser search giant claims that part of the industrial group Network Advertising Initiative and should be adopted by the Organization Code of doing business on the Internet.