EPIC gets part of Google settlement

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US District Judge James Ware approved a class action settlement over Google's Buzz social network, and awarded $500,000 to the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) which filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission last year, saying Buzz threatened the privacy of Gmail users.

Although EPIC had previously been left out of the proposed deal, Judge Ware wrote that there was no good cause to exclude EPIC from the settlement. "EPIC has demonstrated that it is a well-established and respected organization within the field of Internet privacy," Judge Ware wrote. EPIC had originally requested $1.75 million. The settlement also includes money for the American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the YMCA of Greater Long Beach, among other groups.


EPIC gets part of Google settlement