Archive | September, 2013
Gmail Judge Holds Internet Accountable To Wiretap Laws In Key Consumer Victory
SANTA MONICA, CA — In a seminal decision for online privacy, a federal judge in San Jose, CA., today rejected Google’s claims that wiretapping laws do not apply to its Gmail business and that consumers who email people with Gmail accounts have no legitimate expectation of privacy.
Continue reading...Investigation Reveals Google Executives Dodged Taxes On Planes Based At Moffett Field In Sweetheart Deal
24. September 2013
Consumer Watchdog Says U.S. Attorney Should Launch Probe
SANTA MONICA, CA — Google’s top executives avoided paying millions of dollars in local property taxes on their fleet of aircraft based at NASA’s Moffett Field, as well as bought government fuel substantially below market price, a new investigative report shows. Consumer Watchdog today said the U.S. Attorney should investigate.
Pentagon Ends Sweetheart Fuel Deal For Google Execs’ Aircraft At Moffett Highlighted By Consumer Watchdog Two Years Ago
13. September 2013
Group Calls For Eviction and Legal Probe
SANTA MONICA – The Pentagon has ended a deal described two years ago by Consumer Watchdog that allowed a company owned by top Google executives to buy jet fuel for a fleet of aircraft based at Moffett Field. The public interest group said today the aircraft should be evicted from the facility and an investigation opened to see if laws were broken.
Continue reading...U.S. Appeals Court Rules Google Not Exempt From Wiretap Law In Wi-Spy Suit
10. September 2013
Billions of Dollars At Stake For Google’s Collection Of Data With Street View Cars
SANTA MONICA, CA – A federal appeals court ruled today that Google’s interception of messages from private Wi-Fi networks is not exempt from federal wiretap laws, opening the way for a class action suit in the Wi-Spy case to move forward with possible damages amounting to billions of dollars.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Urges European Commission To Charge Google In Antitrust Probe
10. September 2013
Latest Settlement Proposal from Internet Giant Is “An Attempt To Obfuscate And Delay”
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today called on the European Commission to file a formal Statement of Objections against Google in the nearly three-year-old antitrust investigation of the Internet giant and said Google’s latest settlement offer was an attempt to stall the investigation.
Continue reading...Privacy Groups Urge FTC To Block Pending Facebook Privacy Changes
5. September 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – A coalition of six consumer privacy groups is calling on the Federal Trade Commission to enforce an earlier consent order with Facebook and block proposed changes in the social network’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities and its Data Use Policy because the proposed changes violate the 2011 settlement with the Commission.
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26. September 2013