Google privacy breach - and pay

Buzz privacy violation costs dearly Google: The company will pay $ 8.5 million settlement agreement, has spread its privacy policy

Google agreed to pay a sum of $ 8.5 million to end a class action lawsuit for breach of privacy, filed against her following the social service Buzz. According to legal documents uncovered still present a compromise agreement require the authorization of the federal courthouse in San - Francisco, where we will discuss the case. According to the agreement - most of the money you pay Google will not go to the plaintiffs, but the organizations involved in online privacy.Buzz messaging service launched in February this year, and add auto-c account Gmail. Adding the service gave users the ability to see who was in the address book of other users, such as automatically added to the list of watchers Vhenaakevim without filter could be set in advance. After much outrage about complaints, Google has changed the Peach See this, and made other changes Ababazaza. Buzz users now need to create and edit your public profile to their friends list.At the same time the compromise agreement announced its official Google blog that its updated privacy policy will become clearer. The company promised to simplify statements and documents that are not clear rules to coordinate private and 12 products in one simple document. The company is expected to present the new policy early October.