Google Staffs Up To Protect Us From Its Privacy Lapses

Google Staffs Up To Protect Us From Its Privacy Lapses
FILE- In this Thursday, April 16, 2009, file photo, Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Google's shareholders are expected to approve on Thursday, June 21, 2012, the company's plan to issue a new class of stock. Google's co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt are pushing for the move to ensure that they maintain long-term control of the company. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
FILE- In this Thursday, April 16, 2009, file photo, Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Google's shareholders are expected to approve on Thursday, June 21, 2012, the company's plan to issue a new class of stock. Google's co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt are pushing for the move to ensure that they maintain long-term control of the company. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

After agreeing earlier in the month to cough up a record $22.5 million in a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission for sneaking tracking cookies past Safari browsers' no-tracking controls, Google is creating a privacy "Red Team" to police its products' own privacy bugs and dangers.

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