By Rob Waugh PUBLISHED: 05:13 EST, 16 March 2012 | UPDATED: 05:41 EST, 16 March 2012 Apple's iPhone 4S: Google is alleged to have 'tricked' the Safari browser, used in iPhone as well as iPad, PCs and Macs, into sending information to Google's servers to build up advertising profiles Google is to face new investigations in both America and the EU over using hidden computer code to violate iPhone users' privacy settings. The search giant is alleged to have 'tricked' the web browser in iPhone, iPad and PC into sending information to Google.
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Renewed controversy over Google's privacy policies
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Company 'tricked' iPhones into running hidden code
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Investigation by FTC and EU regulators
@placeholder has faced increasing public hostility over its use of private data this year after its new 'privacy policy' allowed wholesale sharing of people's information.