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Flurry Of Last-Minute Objections to Google Book Project
Consumer advocacy group Consumer Watchdog warned that "if the settlement were approved, it would give Google a default monopoly to books for which the rightsholders cannot be located, resulting in unfair competitive advantages to Google in the search engine, electronic book sales, and other markets."
Continue reading...Consumer Advocacy Groups Call For Internet Privacy Protections
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
A group of 10 consumer advocacy groups, including the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, Consumers Union and the Consumer Federation of America, has called on the U.S. Congress to enact legislation to protect consumer privacy amid the growing use of Internet technology that tracks consumers’ online behavior. A bill is expected to be submitted this fall in the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Urges Court To Reject Google Books Deal, Calls New Privacy Policy Inadequate
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Brief Argues Books Settlement Violates Both U.S. And International Copyright Law, Is Anticompetitive WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Consumer Watchdog today filed a brief urging a federal court to reject the proposed Google Books settlement because it is anticompetitive and violates both U.S. and international law. Separately, the consumer group called a Books privacy policy Google offered late last week inadequate.
Continue reading...Consumer Advocates Ask For FTC’s Help in Curbing Behavioral Targeting Tactics
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Search engines such as Google, Yahoo and Microsoft employ behavioral targeting, in which cookies collect information on users' Web browsing habits, to better tailor online ad campaigns for Web surfing consumers. This practice doesn't sit well with consumer and privacy advocates, which urged Congress to crack down on behavioral targeting and asked the Federal Trade Commission to set up a registry to help users opt out of such practices.
Continue reading...Privacy Groups Press US Congress For Online Safeguards
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A coalition of consumer advocate and privacy groups on Tuesday urged the US Congress to protect the public from intrusive and often secretive tracking of their online activities and identity.
Continue reading...Privacy Group Coalition Urges Data Regulation
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Ten consumer and privacy groups are urging Congress to limit the way online information can be used for advertising and profiling. A coalition of ten consumer and privacy groups on Tuesday urged Congress to draft new legislation to preserve consumer privacy online by limiting behavioral advertising and establishing new ground rules for information collection and use.
Continue reading...Privacy Groups Send E-Commerce Recommendations To Capitol
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Privacy advocates are gearing up to push for broad electronic privacy legislation this fall, hoping to convince lawmakers that businesses' self-regulation techniques are inadequate. The groups also say Internet companies' efforts don't go far enough. "Self regulation does not work. We've seen it in capital markets. We've seen it online," said Consumer Watchdog's John Simpson.
Continue reading...Curbs Urged For Behavioral Ads
Monday, August 31, 2009
A powerful alliance of privacy and consumer groups have likened behavioral advertising to "being followed by an invisible stalker." "An individual’s data belongs to them and before these companies track you all over the internet, they need to be transparent about what they are doing and how they intend to use that information," said John M. Simpson, consumer advocate with Consumer Watchdog.
Continue reading...Consumer Advocates To Corner Congress With Behavioral Targeting
Monday, August 31, 2009
The Center for Digital Democracy, Consumer Watchdog and several other advocates are hosting a conference call Sept. 1 to make recommendations about how Congress may better regulate behavioral targeting. Google, Yahoo and Microsoft all use behavioral targeting to better serve ads to Web surfers. The groups want to be heard by Congress, which is working on legislature to better protect consumer privacy online.
Continue reading...Court Weighs Literary Flap Of The Century
Monday, August 17, 2009
The Author's Guild has urged members to go along with a lawsuit settlement that would allow Google to digitize millions of books from libraries and make them available in its Book Search service. A prominent literary and talent agency has urged just the opposite. Meanwhile, the Department of Justice currently has the settlement under review for possible violations of antitrust laws. A federal court has extended the deadline to Sept. 4 for authors and publishers to opt out of the proposed agreement. The court has been inundated with proposed changes to the settlement, including one filed by a group of California professors who suggest the settlement isn't fair to academic writers. Several groups, including The Internet Archive and Consumer Watchdog, have also raised concerns about the issue to the Justice Department in what many consider the literary flap of the century.
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009
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