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Challenge To FTC, Google Settlement
By Hayley Tsukayama , POST TECH - WASHINGTON POST BLOG
Consumer Watchdog has won the right to oppose the Federal Trade Commission’s $22.5 billion challenge to a settlement with Google on privacy matters, the group said Wednesday.
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Court Allows Challenge To FTC’s $22.5M Google Settlement
By Tony Romm , POLITICO
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
A federal judge late Tuesday granted Consumer Watchdog the ability to challenge the legal logic behind the FTC's settlement with Google over charges it misrepresented its tracking of Safari Web browser users.
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Google Could Face Challenge To Its Privacy Settlement With FTC
By Jessica Guynn , LOS ANGELES TIMES
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Consumer Watchdog is looking to get a shot at challenging Google’s $22.5-million settlementwith the Federal Trade Commission over alleged privacy violations.
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Consumer Watchdog Wins Right To Oppose $22.5 Million Google Settlement With FTC
CONTACT: John M. Simpson , 310-392-7041; or Carmen, 202-629-3043 (D.C. office)
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO – A U.S. District Court Judge has granted Consumer Watchdog the right to oppose Google's record $22.5 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission because it allows the Internet giant to deny any wrongdoing.
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Consumer Group Files Motion To Oppose Google, FTC Settlement
By Zack Whittaker , ZDNET.COM
Friday, August 24, 2012
The settlement agreement between the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Google, which cost the search giant $22.5 million in penalty charges, is being challenged in court.
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Google Beefing Up Privacy Swat Team
By John P Mello Jr , PCWORLD.COM
Thursday, August 23, 2012
The search giant has posted a job notice for a data privacy engineer for its privacy "red team."
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Consumer Group Asks FCC To Require More 4G Disclosure
By Hayley Tsukayama , POST TECH BLOG - WASHINGTON POST
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Consumer advocate group Consumer Watchdog is asking the Federal Communications Commission to require carriers to list the speed of their 4G networks in advertisements and at the point of sale.
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FTC, Google Settlement: Consumer Watchdog Files Motion in U.S. District Court Opposing Agreement
By Bary Alyssa Johnson , LATINOSPOST.COM
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Consumer Watchdog, a non-profit consumer advocacy organization is up in arms over a recent settlement between Google and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over the search giant's privacy practices. The organization has filed a motion in U.S. District Court asking for allowance to oppose the settlement because it has been deemed too lenient a punishment for Google's actions.
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Google Hit With Record $22.5-Million Fine For Safari Tracking
By Jessica Guynn , LOS ANGELES TIMES
Friday, August 10, 2012
The FTC fines Google a record $22.5 million for violating the privacy of people who used Apple's Safari Web browser even after pledging it would not. In levying a record $22.5-million fine against Google Inc., the Federal Trade Commission said it wanted to send a clear message to the Internet giant that it won't tolerate similar breaches in the future.
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FTC: $22.5 Million Penalty Sends Message To Google
By Dina ElBoghdady , THE WASHINGTON POST
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Google agreed to pay a $22.5 million penalty — the largest ever levied by the Federal Trade Commission — to settle charges that it failed to honor the privacy settings of millions of people who use Apple’s Safari Web browser, regulators said Thursday.
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Google Prepared to Pay $22.5 Million Fine to Settle ‘Cookiegate’
By David Angotti , SEARCH ENGINE JOURNAL
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
John M. Simpson, who is the lead Google researcher at Consumer Watchdog in Santa Monica, California, indicated he is skeptical of Google’s continued claims of innocence, “When they get caught with their fingers in the cookie jar doing something they clearly should not be doing, they say, ‘Oops, it was completely by accident.’”
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FTC Turns Deaf Ear to Google’s ‘Ignorance’ Defense in Safari Snafu
By Erika Morphy , E-COMMERCE TIMES.COM
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Despite Google's protestations of innocence, or at least ignorance, consumer advocate organizations including Consumer Watchdog decried Google's behavior and filed suit with the FTC. Needless to say, they are delighted about the reports of an impending settlement. "This is a wanton violation on Google's part," John M. Simpson, Consumer Watchdog's privacy project director, told the E-Commerce Times, brushing aside the company's claims the tracking was accidental. "What made it even worse is that they lied to users about what they were doing," he added. "Google told people they were honoring the Safari browser settings."
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Google Would Pay Record FTC Fine Under Tentative Apple Safari Settlement
By Craig Timberg , THE WASHINGTON POST
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Google officials have called the use of tracking cookies an accident caused by technical glitches that have been corrected. Privacy advocates have scoffed at those explanations. “When they get caught with their fingers in the cookie jar doing something they clearly should not be doing, they say, ‘Oops, it was completely by accident,’ ” said John M. Simpson of Consumer Watchdog, based in Santa Monica, Calif., and one of several groups to file complaints about Google’s alleged tracking on Apple browsers.
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