If an individual does it they go to jail.
When a company does it they pay a slap on the wrist fine compared to the monetary benefit they got out of it.
Google will pay a $1.375 billion settlement to Texas over privacy violations
Submitted 1 day ago by Pro@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.zip
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spankmonkey@lemmy.world 1 day ago
PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 1 day ago
Straight to abbot and paxtons accounts I presume
jimjam5@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Rafael Edward Cruz also got a share.
halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This is a settlement… Meaning that Google figures not that this amount is less than they would pay if it went to court and they lost. Since there is no way they’d be spending a billion dollars on defending this in court, they know they would definitely lose, and paying an insanely high penalty is the best outcome for them.
irotsoma@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
And this way they likely don’t have to stop using the information they have, which is worth way more than that since they don’t have to admit to any wrongdoing this way.