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Google Wi-Fi Incident Under More Scrutiny

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

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Consumer Watchdog said it obtained three years of Internet traffic from the Web metrics firm Experian Hitwise to analyze Web traffic to Google's other services. It claims that it shows Google's search results favor its services over competitors, a claim Google has repeatedly denied.

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Google’s Wi-Fi Data Harvest Facing More Probes, Lawsuits

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

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Canada's move follows confirmation that a U.S. Federal Trade Commission investigation of Google is also underway. The advocacy group Consumer Watchdog requested the FTC probe on May 17. The agency responded that it was "reviewing" that request.

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Google Grabs Personal Info Off of Wi-Fi Networks

Thursday, May 27, 2010

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Consumer Watchdog, a group that has become one of Google's most outspoken critics, renewed its call for a regulatory crackdown Friday. "Once again, Google has demonstrated a lack of concern for privacy," said Consumer Watchdog's John Simpson. "Its computer engineers run amok, push the envelope and gather whatever data they can until their fingers are caught in the cookie jar."

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Congressional Panel Seeks WiFi Data Answers From Google

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

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Meanwhile, consumer advocacy group Consumer Watchdog on Wednesday urged state attorneys general to investigate whether the company broke wiretap, privacy and unfair business practices laws. The group also called on state authorities to demand that Google preserve all documents relating to its data-collection activities because they could be evidence in criminal or civil cases.

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Consumer Watchdog Urges State Attorneys General To Probe Google’s WiSpy Snooping

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

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Consumer Watchdog Urges State Attorneys General To Probe Google’s WiSpy Snooping

Consumer Watchdog today called on the state attorneys general to investigate Google’s WiSpy snooping in their respective states to determine what state laws were broken.

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Google Raises Its Game In Washington

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

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John Simpson, a researcher for the nonprofit Consumer Watchdog who was the first to raise questions about McLaughlin's appointment to the White House, said Google's bumbling intellectual persona in Washington is just an act.

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Google Events Offer a Defense to Criticism

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

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At least one vocal critic of the company said the report overstates Google's contributions. The company didn't generate this economic activity so much as facilitate it, said John Simpson of Consumer Watchdog. There were other businesses that connected companies with customers before Google was founded 12 years ago, and the report failed to take into account lost revenue and jobs within those industries, notably media and advertising, he said.

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Google’s Economic Report Is Self-Serving Hype, Consumer Watchdog Says

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

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Google’s Economic Report Is Self-Serving Hype, Consumer Watchdog Says

“This is what every big corporation does when they are under fire,” said John M. Simpson, consumer advocate with the nonpartisan, nonprofit group. “They divert attention from their wrongdoing and spin a story about their contributions.”

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Straus Seeks State Probe Into Google Data Capture

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

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The data collection could extend to about 30 countries, said John M. Simpson, a consumer advocate with Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit group that has called on the Federal Trade Commission to probe Google's actions. Simpson said he has not heard of any state attorneys general taking up the matter yet, but a response by states is likely as people become more aware of the implications. He said there is mounting outrage against the company.

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Google needs to come clean on WiSpy

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

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Google needs to come clean on WiSpy

As the WiSpy scandal unfolded last week CEO Eric Schmidt, speaking in England, tried to calm the furor by claiming "no harm, no foul." This week it's clear that despite the fondest hopes of those in the Googleplex, the firestorm won't go away.

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