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FTC Preparing to Fine Google Millions for Safari Privacy Breach
John M. Simpson, the director at the Consumer Watchdog Privacy Project, expressed support for the FTC taking strong action against Google.
Continue reading...FTC Appears Ready To Fine Google Millions For iPad, iPhone Privacy Breach
Friday, May 4, 2012
Consumer Watchdog Complained To Commission After Hack Was Discovered SANTA MONICA, CA – The Federal Trade Commission appears ready to fine Google millions of dollars for hacking around privacy settings on iPhones and iPads. Consumer Watchdog filed a complaint in February with the FTC after Stanford Researcher Jonathan Mayer revealed what the Internet giant was doing.
Continue reading...Feds Wondered Who Funded Push To Probe Google
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
An official with Consumer Watchdog, which has been a frequent and sharp critic of Google, said despite the speculation, the organization does not receive funding from the search engine's competitors — Microsoft, Yahoo or Facebook. "I don't know why they would have speculated about that," said John M. Simpson, privacy director for Consumer Watchdog. "They could have just called and asked."
Continue reading...Industry, Privacy Advocates Offer Competing Views of ‘Do-Not-Track’
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
John Simpson with Consumer Watchdog, which along with Chester’s group and other privacy advocates is backing the EFF/Mozilla proposal, argues that the industry’s proposal “has so many loopholes it’s meaningless.”
Continue reading...Franken, Consumer Groups Urge Obama to Push for New Online Privacy Rules
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Consumer Watchdog urged the Commerce Department to propose its own privacy legislation and push Congress to pass it. "Calls for action in policy papers are easy. The test of commitment is to translate high-minded principles like the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights into real legislative language," the group wrote. It urged the Commerce Department to propose the legislation before moving forward with negotiations with Web companies.
Continue reading...FTC Releases Online Privacy Report: Does It Go Too Far? Not Far Enough?
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
The FTC report is being celebrated by groups like nonprofit Consumer Watchdog, whose director John Simpson said in a statement: “The FTC’s support of Do Not Track means that consumers should have a meaningful way to control the tracking of their online activities by the end of the year.”
Continue reading...US Regulators Demand Consumer Privacy Protection
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
“Data brokers buy, compile and sell a wealth of highly personal information about you, but there’s no way to find out what they have or if it’s correct,” John Simpson, director of Consumer Watchdog’s Privacy Project, said in a statement. “That’s why the FTC’s call for legislation in this area is so important.”
Continue reading...U.S. Agency Seeks Tougher Consumer Privacy Rules
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Consumer privacy advocates mostly favored the commission’s final report. “Data brokers buy, compile and sell a wealth of highly personal information about you, but there’s no way to find out what they have or if it’s correct,” said John M. Simpson, the head of Consumer Watchdog, which advocates for digital privacy. “That’s why the F.T.C.’s call for legislation in this area is so important.”
Continue reading...FTC Calls for Laws to Protect Consumer Privacy on Internet
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
"An important consensus is emerging on the need to take significant steps to protect online privacy rights," says John Simpson, spokesman for the non-profit Consumer Watchdog advocacy group.
Continue reading...FTC Online Privacy Report Lays Out New Standards
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
John Simpson, director of Consumer Watchdog's Privacy Project, said the FTC should have called for legislation on Do Not Track as well. But overall the report represents progress on data privacy, he said.
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Monday, May 7, 2012
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