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Google on Tuesday said it reached a settlement in a group action suit(诉讼)against the search giant over privacy breakings related to its Buzz socials networking program.
In the settlement, Google agreed to pay $ 8.5 million into a fund (基金)for privacy education the company made clear that the agreement did not include cash payments to users.
Buzz, started last February as an application within Gmail, in some cases exposed the lists of perso ns touched and other data of users to other Gmail users.
How did the company warn users that they were included in the settlement? By Gmail of course.
“Google rarely inform Gmail users via email, but this time we let you know that we’ve reached a settlement regarding Google Bu zz,” the firm said in messages sent to its U. S. users. Some analysts think the company has 170 million Gmail users worldwide.
“The settlement acknowledges that we quickly changed the service to address users’concerns,” Google