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For some reason I don't think this punishment isn't enough or will significantly impact them. Wouldn't the tracking information be much more valuable than 10 mi
by zitterbewegung 15y ago
For some reason I don't think this punishment isn't enough or will significantly impact them. Wouldn't the tracking information be much more valuable than 10 million dollars?
- k-mcgrady 15y agoThere are very few monetary penalties that will affect a company making as much money as Google. I think the goal is that it will act as a deterrent in future (if they breach privacy like this again they may get a far greater penalty) and will prevent other companies from acting in a similar way.
- tomflack 15y agoExclusion from future government contracts for X years? Google is bidding pretty hard to get their FISMA-certified apps used by the US government. It's not really a direct monetary penalty, though.
- zitterbewegung 15y agoThats not what I was arguing. It doesn't matter that Google can absorb the cost. I was saying that can Google make more than 10 million dollars off of the data.
- Drbble 15y agoMaybe, but the data involved in this case is a pretty small smidge in Google's overall data collection and monetization systems.