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“Google HomeView” arrives in Germany

John M. Simpson

Many Germans have objected strenuously to Google’s Street View service saying that it is an improper invasion of their privacy.

Now there’s a delightful …

An answer to Google’s annoying Super Bowl ad

John M. Simpson

Remember the ever-so-cute ad that Google ran during the Super Bowl?  Now there’s a parody that shows some not-so-cute things you can do using Google’s…

Google Gmail Privacy

John M. Simpson

How Google’s ‘Chrome’ Doesn’t Protect Your Privacy

John M. Simpson

Google CEO Eric Schmidt Responds to Consumer Watchdog

John M. Simpson

Issa Presses Web Chief On Personal E-Mail Use To Contact Former Co-Workers

Tony Romm

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) is pressing White House Deputy Chief Technology Officer Andrew McLaughlin to explain his relationship with his former employer, Google. The congressman, who serves as ranking member on the House Oversight Committee, said McLaughlin’s account on Google’s new Buzz social network suggests he remains in touch with “more than two dozen individuals […]

Press Release

Questions mount about Google’s AdMob deal

CONTACT: John M. Simpson

More concerns about Google’s $750 million proposed deal to buy mobile advertising company AdMob were raised Tuesday.

Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) wrote Jonathan Leibowitz, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, warning that the proposed deal “raises important competition issues which should be reviewed carefully…”

Official’s Buzz Profile Sparks FOIA Request For His Emails

Wendy Davis

Google’s Buzz has drawn two privacy lawsuits, a request for a Federal Trade Commission investigation and some pointed criticism by lawmakers. Now, information revealed by Buzz about Andrew McLaughlin, Deputy Chief Technology Officer for the Obama administration and former Google lobbyist, has spurred Consumer Watchdog — which opposed McLaughlin’s appointment — to file a Freedom […]

Buzzed Gmail Outs Google Ties to Obama’s Deputy CTO

Cade Metz

Ex-Googler Hoist By Mountain View’s Own Petard It would be hard to imagine a better Google story. If the company’s own web services somehow outed the most intimate secrets of CEO Eric Schmidt – a man who says net privacy is only for miscreants – that would surely be Google story to end all Google […]

Press Release

Ex-Googler Falls Prey to Wonderful Privacy Flaw of Google Buzz

CONTACT: Clint Boulton

This is a fun story. Andrew McLaughlin, formerly Google’s top lobbyist and currently the deputy CTO in the White House, where he advises President Barack Obama on Internet policy, apparently was aghast to find his contacts exposed by Google Buzz. Buzz is the social Web services that leverage Gmail users’ contacts. By default, Buzz was […]