NewsFactor – Google has reached a settlement in the class-action suit over privacy issues relating to its Buzz social-networking program. Under terms of the settlement, the search giant will establish an $8.5 million Common Fund to support organizations focusing on Internet privacy policy or privacy education, in addition to covering lawyers’ fees.

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