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Con: Why Los Angeles Should Worry About Google’s E-mail System
Google wants the city of Los Angeles to switch its 30,000 e-mail users to an Internet-based system it operates, but rather than address real questions about the security of such "cloud computing" systems the Internet giant changes its story depending on its audience.
Continue reading...Google Using ‘Double Talk’ On Cloud Security, Says L.A. Consumer Group
Thursday, October 15, 2009
A consumer advocacy group that is opposed to a plan by the city of Los Angeles to adopt Google's hosted e-mail and office applications is accusing the company of a double standard on security issues. In a letter to Bernard Parks, chairman of the Los Angeles City Council's Budget and Finance Committee, Consumer Watchdog claimed that Google was being hypocritical in marketing Google Apps to the city.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Highlights Google Hypocrisy In Differing ‘Cloud Computing’ Statements
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Group Also Releases 3rd Round Of Annotated Google Documents In ‘Charmwatch’ Campaign SANTA MONICA, CA -- Consumer Watchdog today slammed Google for its apparent hypocrisy in marketing its new "cloud computing" products, blandly assuring customers that their data is secure on Google Internet servers but at the same time warning shareholders of the security risks posed by swift expansion of its commercial online business. The nonpartisan, nonprofit group sent a letter to a Los Angeles City Councilman showing that Google says one thing when trying to sell its products, but something else in federally required filings aimed at shareholders. Consumer Watchdog also released another round of annotated Google P.R. documents in its Google “Charmwatch” campaign.
Continue reading...Microsoft’s Sidekick Debacle Brings Much-Hyped ‘Cloud’ Back To Earth
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
In a letter last week to City Councilman Bernard C. Parks, John Simpson of advocacy group Consumer Watchdog noted the stark language Google uses to describe the many things that could go wrong with its cloud-based systems.
Continue reading...Following the money in L.A.’s proposed Google email deal
Monday, August 24, 2009
L.A. City council is wrestling with a proposal to shift the city's 30,000 email users and other computer applications to a system provided by Google. Anytime a deal like this is under consideration, it's worth checking the money trail. I examined records kept by the Los Angeles Ethics Commission to see who paid what to whom.
Continue reading...L.A. Council committee signs off on Google email plan with caveats
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
The Los Angeles City Council's Information Technology and General Services (ITGS) Committee on Tuesday
Continue reading...Tough questions needed on Google email plan for L.A.
Monday, August 10, 2009
A Los Angeles City Council committee on Tuesday takes up a ...
Continue reading...Twitter Breach Revives Cloud Security Fears
Monday, August 10, 2009
Some interest groups are urging Los Angeles to rethink its plan to implement Google Apps. Last month's breach of a hosted Google Apps implementation used by Twitter Inc. has heightened fears in some quarters that cloud computing could pose significant security and privacy risks to users. Consumer Watchdog, an advocacy group based in Santa Monica, Calif., said the Twitter incident raises questions about whether "Google's cloud as offered provides adequate safeguards." In a letter to several Los Angeles city councilors, the group urged that city IT personnel first test Google Apps with a small group of users, rather than following the current plan of implementing it for 30,000 users by the end of this year.
Continue reading...L.A. Council committee meeting on Google plan postponed again
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
A proposal to switch Los Angeles city government's email and some other computer applications to a "...
Continue reading...Twitter Breach Revives Security Issues With Cloud Computing
Monday, July 27, 2009
Concerns are the same as with any outsourcing, remote data access, IT managers say. Consumer Watchdog group said the Twitter incident raises the question of whether "Google's cloud as offered provides adequate safeguards." Moving medical and health-related records, and information on domestic and sexual assault and substance abuse to Google raises concerns over how such sensitive data will be protected, the group wrote in a letter addressed to City Council members. "Before jumping into the Google deal, the City Council needs to insist on appropriate guarantees -- for instance substantial financial penalties in the event of any security breach," John Simpson, a consumer advocate for the group wrote.
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Monday, October 26, 2009
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