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Sergey Brin Pounds Fists Against Walled Gardens
By Richard Adhikari , TECHNEWSWORLD.COM
"Whenever Google raises the cry of defending Internet freedom, it's always really about what's best for Google's business model," John Simpson, consumer advocate at Consumer Watchdog, told TechNewsWorld.
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Industry, Privacy Advocates Offer Competing Views of ‘Do-Not-Track’
By Juliana Gruenwald , NATIONAL JOURNAL
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.”
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Franken, Consumer Groups Urge Obama to Push for New Online Privacy Rules
By Brendan Sasso , HILLICON VALLEY BLOG - THEHILL.COM
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.
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Consumer Watchdog Calls on Commerce Department To Offer Privacy Legislation
CONTACT: John M. Simpson , 310-392-0522 x317
Monday, April 2, 2012
Says Proposed “Multi-Stakeholder Process” Must Be Fair, Transparent and Credible SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today called on the U.S. Department of Commerce to offer legislation to implement the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights proposed by the Administration.
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US Regulators Demand Consumer Privacy Protection
By Jeffrey Burt , TECH WEEK EUROPE
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.”
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U.S. Agency Seeks Tougher Consumer Privacy Rules
By Tanzina Vega & Edward Wyatt, THE NEW YORK TIMES
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.”
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FTC Calls for Laws to Protect Consumer Privacy on Internet
By Byron Acohido , USA TODAY
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.
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FTC Online Privacy Report Lays Out New Standards
By James Temple , THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
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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FTC Backs ‘Do Not Track’ Feature In Final Privacy Report
By Drew Bowling , WEBPRONEWS.COM
Monday, March 26, 2012
Following the report’s release, Consumer Watchdog, an organization whose name leaves little to imagination as to its purpose, praised the FTC for supporting the ‘Do Not Track’ mechanism that will hopefully return control of data collection to the people of the internet. Consumer Watchdog has been at this fight for a couple of years, working to get consumer privacy reform at the top of the government’s to-do list. “Those efforts are paying off,” said John M. Simpson, director of Consumer Watchdog’s Privacy Project. “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.”
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Federal Trade Commission Privacy Report Backs Do Not Track, A Key Policy Goal Of Consumer Watchdog
CONTACT: John M. Simpson , 310-392-0522 x317
Monday, March 26, 2012
SANTA MONICA, CA -- Consumer Watchdog praised the Federal Trade Commission’s privacy report released today supporting a Do Not Track Mechanism that will help give people control of the collection and use of their personal data when they are online.
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Reding: Google Privacy Policy Is Illegal
By Clint Boulton , eWEEK.COM
Monday, March 5, 2012
California-based Google critic Consumer Watchdog called Google’s sweeping changes a “spy policy” rather than a privacy policy, an allusion to the fact that the move will help Google funnel data on users in one larger silo for targeted ads.
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Bono Mack Plans Privacy Hearing
By Paul C. Barton , USA TODAY
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
WASHINGTON – As watchdog groups urge a slowdown in Google's new privacy policy, Rep. Mary Bono Mack's office announced Tuesday a hearing on privacy issues March 29 in which Google will likely participate.
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Five Privacy Groups Urge Congresswoman For Public Hearing On Google Changes
By John Fontana , ZDNET.COM
Friday, February 24, 2012
The letter was signed by Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), Jeffrey Chester, executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD), John Simpson, privacy policy director at Consumer Watchdog, Susan Grant, director of consumer protection at the Consumer Federation of America (CFA), and Ed Mierzwinski, consumer program director for the U.S. Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG).
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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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