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Consumer Watchdog Urges Senator Kohl To Recall Google’s Schmidt As Witness After Executive Calls Government Slow And Stupid In Interview
CONTACT: Jamie Court , 310-392-0075; John M. Simpson, 310-392-7041; Carmen Balber, 202-629-3043
Washington, DC – Consumer Watchdog today took Google's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt to task today over remarks made to The Washington Post in which he claimed Google should not be the subject of antitrust review because its services are "free" and made derogatory remarks about government officials being slow, backward and greedy.
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Google’s Monopoly Power Raises More Concerns
Posted by John M. Simpson
Friday, September 9, 2011
More examples of Google’s powerful grip on the Internet surfaced this week and its acquisition of the venerable restaurant reviewer, Zagat, raised new concern about how the Internet giant will use its monopoly power in the future. Being a monopoly is not in itself illegal. If you developed the position naturally without breaking any laws, [...]
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The Cost of Lost Privacy: How Google and Datamining Drive Economic Inequality in Our Nation
By Nathan Newman , HUFFINGTONPOST.COM
Friday, July 15, 2011
Why has economic inequality increased so radically in the United States over the last generation? General explanations range from globalization to the decline in trade unions to rising returns to education — and therefore the loss of income to the less educated. These all no doubt play a role but in an age of information, [...]
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Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt to Testify Before Congress on Wi-Spy Scandal
By Alastair Stevenson , INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES
Monday, July 11, 2011
John M. Simpson, director of Consumer Watchdog's Privacy Project commented on the news, "A top Google executive will finally face serious questioning about the company's behavior."
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Google And The White House Too Chummy While Firm Under Investigation, Consumer Group Says
By Carla Marinucci , SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE SPIN CYCLE BLOG
Friday, July 8, 2011
A leading California consumer group has formally asked White House counsel to rule on the ethics of what it calls the Obama Administration's "inappropriate" outreach -- including State Dinner invites -- to head honchos of Google, a firm reportedly under criminal investigation by the Justice Department.
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U.S. Lawmakers Frustrated By Lack Of Answers About Google Street View Wi-spying
By Staff Writers , IWATCHNEWS.COM
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
In January, Consumer Watchdog released a report that detailed the range of the federal government’s current contracts with Google. The amount of cash the group found is only $40 million, a tiny amount compared to Google’s annual revenue of almost $30 billion. But the contracts give the company a competitive edge in key emerging markets, as well as highlight the deepening relationship between Google and the Obama administration — and the conflicts of interest that could potentially arise.
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ENGINE KNOCK – Feds launch antitrust probe into Google’s market influence
By Carl Franzen , THEDAILY.COM
Friday, June 24, 2011
Google “pretty clearly is using its dominant position to its own advantage,” said John Simpson, spokesman for Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit advocacy organization that has called for an investigation into Google’s practices for the past two years.
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W.H. Warned To Distance From Google
By Kim Hart , POLITICO.COM
Friday, June 24, 2011
Consumer Watchdog is telling the White House that its cozy relationship with Google is inappropriate, given ongoing reviews by both the FTC and the Department of Justice.
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Google’s Top Execs Refuse To Testify At Senate Hearing
By Byron Acohido , USA TODAY
Friday, June 24, 2011
Consumer Watchdog has been clamoring for Schmidt's sworn testimony before Congress for over a year, ever since Germany caught Google harvesting private Wi-Fi data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks in homes and businesses across the globe. Google had dispatched fleets of specially equipped cars through city streets in 30-plus nations to gather this data.
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FCC Announces a Public Forum on Smartphone Location Tracking Systems
By Byron Acohido , USA TODAY
Thursday, May 19, 2011
John Simpson, spokesman for Consumer Watchdog, notes that the FCC is continuing an investigation into Google's past practice of sending fleets of specially equipped vehicles criss-crossing city streets in 30-plus nations to take photos for its mapping service -- and to collect data from Wi-Fi systems in homes and businesses.
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California “Do Not Track” Bill Moves Ahead In Historic First; Could Be Model For Nation
CONTACT: John M. Simpson , 310-392-7041; or cell: 310-292-1902
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
SACRAMENTO, CA – For the first time in American history a privacy proposal to give people the right to stop collection of their personal information online has passed a legislative committee.
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iPhone and Android Users Face Many Companies Who Want To Know Where They Are
By Troy Wolverton & Mike Swift, SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
Sunday, May 1, 2011
A study by researchers at Intel Labs, Penn State and Duke University last year revealed that 15 of 30 popular Android apps send location data to advertisers — often without notifying users. “People don’t understand what’s going on with their data,” said John Simpson, director of consumer privacy at Consumer Watchdog. “It’s sort of being sucked up without their real knowledge.”
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Legislators Eyeing Mobile Location-Based Data Collection Practices
By Chantal Tode , MOBILE MARKETER
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
“No one has really understood the extent of the data collection going on with these spy phones,” said John M. Simpson, Washington-based director of nonprofit Consumer Watchdog’s privacy project. “Last week, it started to become clear just how much was going on.”
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