In the announcement, the FTC agreed with the EPIC complaint that Google had violated its privacy policies by using information provided for Gmail for another purpose-social networking-without obtaining consumers permission in advance.
Google had violated its privacy policies by. This was what the FTC agreed with the EPIC complaint in the announcement. Google was using information provided for Gmail for another purpose-social networking-without obtaining consumers permission in advance. This was what the FTC agreed with the EPIC complaint in the announcement.