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The internet search giant, Google fined $22.5millions for breaching the iPhone and iPad users’ privacy while Sadari cookies setting on the devices.

It is for the second time that Google has come under such controversy for a civil violation, hitting out with the ever largest fine in favour of US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over privacy breach issue and Google has also settled the matter as a part of a breaching settlement hold three months ago .

Reports are that consumer-rights group in its plea demanded tougher punishment for search giant, but U.S. District Judge Susan Illston rejected it and ruled her verdict after a hearing of final arguments from both sides.

Under the Safari cookies row, Google bypassed default Sadari cookies setting, threatened Apple’s iPhone and iPad users privacy over setting of third-party “cookies” on device and enabled the company to peer into the online lives of the browser’s users.

Google in its defence said that the Safari setting breach did not follow for any intentional purpose. Source said, it said the data gathered from Safari browsers during the period covered by the settlement would be too stale to be of practical use to the company’s advertising network.