Apple users launch privacy campaign against Google

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Google has already been fined in the US for installing cookies on Safari despite security settings

Apple users launch privacy campaign against Google
28 January 2013 Last updated at 11:30

Google has already been fined in the US for installing cookies on Safari despite security settings
A group of Apple's Safari web browser users has launched a campaign against Google over privacy concerns.

They claim that Google bypassed Safari's security settings to install cookies which tracked their movements on the internet.

Between summer 2011 and spring 2012 they were assured by Google this was not the case, and believed Safari's settings to be secure.

So far one person has begun legal proceedings against Google.

A law firm has been instructed to co-ordinate further claims made by other individuals.

Last year Google was fined $22.5m (