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Google Reaches Agreement With Connecticut AG Over Wi-Spy
By Gautham Nagesh , THEHILL.COM - HILLCON VALLEY BLOG
Frequent Google critic Consumer Watchdog blasted the announcement and repeated its call for outgoing Google CEO Eric Schmidt to explain the incident to lawmakers. “The details of the biggest privacy breach in history shouldn’t be settled in secret,” said John Simpson, director of Consumer Watchdog’s Inside Google Project. “This makes it clear why Google CEO Eric Schmidt needs to testify under oath before Congress about Wi-Spy.”
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Google to Settle State ‘Wi-Spy’ Spat Out of Court
By Cade Metz , THE REGISTER UK
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Consumer Watchdog decried today's agreement between Google and the state. "The details of the biggest privacy breach in history shouldn’t be settled in secret,” said John M. Simpson, director of Consumer Watchdog’s Inside Google Project. “This makes it clear why Google CEO Eric Schmidt needs to testify under oath before Congress about Wi-Spy.”
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Connecticut AG’s Wi-Spy Deal With Google Shows Need for Congressional Hearings, Consumer Watchdog Says
CONTACT: John M. Simpson cell: 310-292-1902
Friday, January 28, 2011
SANTA MONICA, CA — Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen’s deal with Google announced today makes it clear that Congressional hearings will be necessary if the American public is to understand fully what happened in the Wi-Spy scandal, Consumer Watchdog said.
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Consumer Critic Dings Outgoing Google CEO in Carton Video
By Staff Writers , CBSNEWS.COM
Thursday, January 27, 2011
A consumer advocacy group has hired a van to drive around the streets of Washington D.C. playing an animated cartoon lampooning Google's outgoing CEO Eric Schmidt for previous statements he's made concerning Internet privacy.
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Consumer Watchdog Blasts Google’s Schmidt
By Staff Writers , REDORBIT.COM TECH NEWS
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Consumer Watchdog receives no funding from Microsoft or any other competitor of Google, John Simpson, consumer advocate with the group, told PC World. “We don't have any relationship with Microsoft at all … We don't take any of their money,” he said. Simpson said the group has decided to focus on Google’s privacy practices because the company’s services serve as a gateway to the Internet for many people. If the group can push Google, “without a doubt the dominant Internet company,” to change its privacy practices, other companies will follow suit, he said.
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Consumer Watchdog Portrays Schmidt As Lunatic Senate Witness
By Sara Jerome , HILLICON VALLEY BLOG - THEHILL.COM
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
As Eric Schmidt plans his transition from Google's chief executive into a role has a greater focus on government outreach, ardent Google critic and privacy advocate Consumer Watchdog has found a not-so-friendly way to welcome him to Washington.
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New Consumer Watchdog Animation “Mr. Schmidt Goes to Washington” Goes Street View With Mobile Advertising Van in DC To Call For Google Hearings
CONTACT: John M. Simpson , 310-392-0522 x317 or cell: 310-292-1902
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
WASHINGTON, DC – Consumer Watchdog’s new animated satire, “Mr. Schmidt Goes to Washington,” debuted today on the streets of Washington, DC, to make the case for why Congress should call Google CEO Eric Schmidt to testify under oath about the Wi-Spy scandal and other online privacy issues. The group also said the company’s close relationship with the US government should be probed.
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Group Critical of Google’s Government Relationship
By Vic Lee , KGO-TV ABC (SAN FRANCISCO, CA)
Monday, January 24, 2011
A consumer advocacy group is calling for a congressional investigation into what it says is Google's "cozy relationship" with the federal government, specifically, the Obama administration. At issue is Google's use of Moffett Field, owned and operated by NASA, which is just a few miles away from Google headquarters in Mountain View.
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Google’s Close Ties With Obama Administration Reap Rewards, Consumer Group Alleges
By Henry J. Reske , NEWSMAX.COM
Monday, January 24, 2011
A consumer group is calling for a congressional investigation into allegations that Internet giant Google turned close ties to the Obama administration into corporate benefits. The group, Consumer Watchdog, alleges in a 32-page report that Google has used its connections to gain “unique access” to the government's Moffett Field located near Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.
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Consumer Watchdog Calls for Investigation of Google
By Grant Gross , NETWORKWORLD
Monday, January 24, 2011
Consumer Watchdog, an advocacy group largely focused in recent years on Google's privacy practices, has called on a congressional investigation into the Internet giant's "cozy" relationship with U.S. President Barack Obama's administration.
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Group Urges Congress To Investigate Google’s Relationship With Government Agencies
By Josh Smith , NATIONAL JOURNAL TECH DAILY DOSE
Monday, January 24, 2011
A new report by Consumer Watchdog accuses the Obama administration of having an inappropriately close relationship with Google, allowing the company to escape scrutiny.
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Consumer Watchdog Sends Issa’s Oversight Committee Google Report Showing Inappropriate Relationship With Obama Administration
CONTACT: John M. Simpson , 310-392-7041; pr Jamie Court 310-392-0522 ext.327; or Carmen Balber, 202-629-3043
Monday, January 24, 2011
SANTA MONICA, CA -- Consumer Watchdog today sent Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) a 32-page report detailing how Google has inappropriately, benefited from its close ties to the Obama Administration, including how NASA’s Moffett Airfield, near Google’s world headquarters, has been turned into a taxpayer-subsidized private airport for Google executives used for corporate junkets.
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Invading Our Privacy on the Internet
By Jamie Court OP-ED COMMENTARY IN LOS ANGELES TIMES
Monday, December 27, 2010
If Washington fails to act, California should create its own "do not track me" system through the Legislature or the ballot box. The state that pioneered Internet commerce can also lead the way in ensuring that it does not run roughshod over one of our fundamental rights.
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Consumer Watchdog’s Carmen Balber discusses Internet privacy and the need for an online “Do Not Track Me” list.
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