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Congress, Google Clash Over Schmidt, Page Appearance

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

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Several groups were all in favor of the subcommittee using a subpoena. "What are Page and Schmidt afraid of? What do they have to hide? Congress should use its subpoena power to determine whether Google's dominance of the search industry is enabling the company to monopolize the Internet," said Consumer Watchdog's John Simpson.

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Consumer Watchdog Says Senate Panel Should Subpoena Google Executives Larry Page And Eric Schmidt

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

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Consumer Watchdog Says Senate Panel Should Subpoena Google Executives Larry Page And Eric Schmidt

WASHINGTON, DC -- The refusal of Google's top executives, CEO Larry Page and Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt to testify at a hearing by the Senate's antitrust subcommittee demonstrates a contempt for Congress and the full Senate Judiciary Committee should subpoena the two executives, Consumer Watchdog said today.

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Google’s Do Not Track answer doesn’t track

Friday, June 3, 2011

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Google’s Do Not Track answer doesn’t track

If you follow a company closely, like I follow Google, there is no better place to remind its executives of your continued interest than the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting. It keeps them on their toes. I own a couple of shares of Google stock, so I headed up to Mountain View Thursday to attend the […]

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Consumer Watchdog Asks FTC To Probe Google’s Deceptive Trade Practices In Marketing Google Apps for Government; Buzz Agreement Maybe Violated

Thursday, May 5, 2011

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Consumer Watchdog Asks FTC To Probe Google’s Deceptive Trade Practices In Marketing Google Apps for Government; Buzz Agreement Maybe Violated

SANTA MONICA, CA -- Consumer Watchdog today said Google used deceptive and unfair trade practices in marketing its "cloud computing" services to government entities and asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate.

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Apple Finally Acknowledges Hidden Tracking File On iPhones

Thursday, April 28, 2011

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"They're trying to quell an understandable storm of concern," said John Simpson, director of the privacy project at Consumer Watchdog, an advocacy group. But he added, "It sounds like they're going to continue doing a lot of stuff that is potentially problematic."

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Jobs, Apple Issue Complex Denial of iPhone Tracking

Thursday, April 28, 2011

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"Apple needs to do a lot more to explain what it has been doing and why, and a good start would be for Steve Jobs to appear at the hearing," says John Simpson, spokesman for Consumer Watchdog.

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As Americans Ponder Their Fair Share of Income Tax, Consumer Watchdog Urges No Tax Holiday for Global Giants Like Google That Use Dodgy Tax Avoidance Schemes

Friday, April 15, 2011

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As Americans Ponder Their Fair Share of Income Tax, Consumer Watchdog Urges No Tax Holiday for Global Giants Like Google That Use Dodgy Tax Avoidance Schemes

WASHINGTON, DC – As average Americans focus today on their income tax bill, Consumer Watchdog called on President Obama and the chairmen of the House and Senate tax committees to block calls for a tax holiday that would unfairly benefit corporate giants like Google.

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Will Google’s Legal Woes Define How Far It Crossed The Creepy Line?

Thursday, April 14, 2011

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Consumer Watchdog's scorecard is full of "evil" tally marks against Google. Some claim that Microsoft is spreading FUD, but legal woes facing Google seem to disagree that Google hasn't crossed creepy line.

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‘Do Not Track Me’ Laws Seek To Protect Consumer Privacy Online

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

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The state bill (SB 671), the so-called "Do Not Track Me" law, would allow people to opt out of the "collection, use, and storage" of personal data by any firm. Consumer Watchdog, a backer of the bill, has challenged Google to support such privacy protection.

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Pandora Filing Suggests Federal Privacy Probe

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

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Privacy advocates welcomed the idea of a grand jury probe, saying consumers often had little information about how the apps they downloaded were sharing data collected from their mobile devices. "I think of them as spy phones, not smart phones," said John M. Simpson, director of Consumer Watchdog's privacy project.

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