Mayer’s findings were concurrently published in the Wall Street Journal9 and drew the attention of the Federal Trade Commission and a consortium of state attorneys general. The Department of Justice filed suit under the Federal Trade Commission’s authorizing statute in the Northern District of California, and the action resolved by way of a stipulated order providing for a $22.5 million civil penalty.10 Google further agreed to certain forward-looking conditions related to internet privacy, but admitted no past acts or wrongdoing.11 Google similarly reached a $17 million 9 Compl. ¶ 74; Julia Angwin & Jennifer Valentino-Devries, Google’s iPhone Tracking: Web Giant, Others Bypassed Apple Browser Settings for Guarding Privacy, Wall Street Journal (Feb. 17, 2012), http://www.wsj.com/article_email/SB1000142405297020488 0404577225380456599176. 10 Compl. ¶¶ 166-68; United States v. Google, Inc., N.D. Cal. No. 12-cv-4177, Docs. 1, 30; see also Press Release, Federal Trade Commission, Google Will Pay $22.5 Million to Settle FTC Charges it Misrepresented Privacy Assurances to Users of Apple’s Safari Internet Browser: Privacy Settlement is the Largest FTC Penalty Ever for Violation of a Commission Order (Aug. 9, 2012), https://www.ftc.gov/newsevents/press-releases/2012/08/google-will-pay-225-millionsettle-ftc-charges-it-misrepresented. 11 Compl. ¶ 169; Google, N.D. Cal. No. 12-cv-4177, Docs. 30, 32. 10