Lawmakers Want FTC to Probe Google for Safari Issue

Three congressmen called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google Inc., after The Wall Street Journal reported that the Internet giant was bypassing privacy settings of people who used Apple Inc.'s Web browser on phones and computers. The lawmakers -- Edward J. Markey (D., Mass.), Joe Barton (R., Texas) and Cliff Stearns (R., Fla.) -- want to know if Google's behavior "constitutes a violation" of a privacy settlement Google and the Federal Trade Commission signed last year.