Google will offer financial rewards to security researchers who uncover data abuse on its platforms . Google was forced to step in and suspend the offending Chrome extensions. The company said anyone who identifies instances of data being used , copied or shared illegitimately and without consent will be eligible for the scheme , with a single report netting up to $ 50,000 . The announcement follows the DataSpii scandal , in which Google Chrome extensions were used to extract and store millions of users ' data .
Google will offer financial rewards to security researchers who uncover data abuse on its platforms . The company said anyone who identifies instances of data being used , copied or shared illegitimately and without consent will be eligible for the scheme , with a single report netting up to $ 50,000 . The announcement follows the DataSpii scandal , in which Google Chrome extensions were used to extract and store millions of users ' data .