Don’t be evil.  That’s Google’s job.

 

In contravention of Apple’s policies, and their own statements about consumer privacy, Google bypassed Safari’s security settings to store permanent cookies on Apple devices.

 

From Mashable.com:

Google Caught Tracking Safari Users: What You Need to Know

Google is in a lot of hot water over recent revelations about how it tracks user activity on Apple devices — particularly iPhones and iPads.

As reported by The Wall Street Journal, an independent researcher has discovered that Google embeds hidden software on many websites — software designed to circumvent the default settings on a web browser to record a user’s behavior.

via Google Caught Tracking Safari Users: What You Need to Know.