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Google Wi-Fi Incident Under More Scrutiny
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.
Continue reading...Google’s Wi-Fi Data Harvest Facing More Probes, Lawsuits
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
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.
Continue reading...Join the “1 out of 15” opting out for privacy
Monday, May 31, 2010
Last Tuesday in this space, I opted out of Google’s “interest-based advertising.” Later the same day, Google unveiled an opt-out tool for another personal information collection agent – Google Analytics. Website owners can use Google Analytics to track visitors on their sites and Google collects the data from all the visits for its own use.
Continue reading...Google Grabs Personal Info Off of Wi-Fi Networks
Thursday, May 27, 2010
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."
Continue reading...Congressional Panel Seeks WiFi Data Answers From Google
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
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.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Urges State Attorneys General To Probe Google’s WiSpy Snooping
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
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.
Continue reading...Google Raises Its Game In Washington
Ariana Eunjung Cha Cecilia Kang
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
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.
Continue reading...Google Touts Economic Impact of $645M for Utah — Internet Giant Brushes Aside Critic of Its Motives
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
The announcement drew an immediate response from a nonprofit consumer-advocacy organization, Consumer Watchdog. The group said Google's motives in releasing the report were driven by "its attempts to quell worldwide outrage over the WiSpy scandal" and that this is "classic corporate PR spin to divert justified criticism."
Continue reading...Google Events Offer a Defense to Criticism
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
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.
Continue reading...Google: $14.1B Generated in California, $54B in Nation in 2009; Consumer Group Scoffs
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Consumer Watchdog said Google's economic report relies on cooked accounting that only counts benefits while factoring in none of the costs Google places on society.
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010
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