Google To Pay Big Time

The Federal Trade Commission is about to collect the biggest fine in agency history. The guilty party is Google. The Internet giant will pay $22.5 million to settle charges that it disabled privacy settings of people using the Apple Safari browser. The final deal is awaiting a vote by the commissioners. The Wall Street Journal reported the FTC was rooting out privacy violators. The Journal first reported Google's Safari practices. This won't be Google's biggest fine. Last year it paid $500 million after the Justice Department said Google illegally promoted sales of prescription drugs.