Google has had several interactions with U.S. regulators in recent years. The Federal Trade Commission has been investigating whether unauthorized changes Google made to privacy settings in Safari Web browsers violated an agreement prohibiting the company from misleading consumers. Reports of a settlement surfaced Tuesday. Some of Google's interactions with U.S. regulators: — December 2007 — The Federal Trade Commission approves Google's $3.2 billion purchase of Internet ad company DoubleClick, concluding after a nearly yearlong review that it won't significantly reduce competition in online advertising. The FTC did not impose conditions. Google closed the deal three months later after...
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