The Onion, the satirical newspaper, has an on-the-mark article today that makes you realize why people are concerned about the amount of information Internet giant…
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The Onion nails Google on privacy
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Google tries to highlight competition in SEC filing
Google, under antitrust scrutiny by the U.S. Department of Justice, the …
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Google bucks Europe on Street View
European Union officials are asking Google to improve privacy practices with its Street View service, …
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Justice’s Google probe is ongoing
I’ve just been reading the transcript from last week’s Fairness Hearing in the Google Books case and one thing is crystal clear: The U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust investigation of Google is by no means finished.
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Google’s European troubles and one good thing about the Italian case
Google has taken a one-two punch to the chin this week from Europe first with the news that the European Commission is probing the Internet giant for possible antitrust violations followed by the conviction of three top executives for invasion of…
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Consumer Watchdog Urges Justice To Include Search Manipulation In Google Probe
WASHINGTON, DC — Consumer Watchdog today called upon the Justice
Department to ensure that its ongoing antitrust probe of Google’s
business practices include an investigation of whether the Internet
giant is manipulating its search results to favor its own products.
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Judge asks tough questions in Google Books case
U.S. Judge Denny Chin began Thursday’s marathon Fairness Hearing in the Google Books case by ending the suspense. "I’m not going to rule today," he said. But sitting in the courtroom observing the more than four-hour long
hearing, the questions Judge Chin asked left me believing that the
objections to the deal raised by groups like Consumer Watchdog have
made a strong impression on him.
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Attorneys For Consumer Watchdog In Court To Argue Against Google Books Deal
NEW YORK, NY — Attorneys for Consumer Watchdog will appear in a federal
court today to urge Judge Deny Chinn to reject the revised Google Books
settlement because it remains anticompetitive and violates both U.S.
and international law.
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Google’s privacy debacle displays firm’s true colors
Google’s launch of its social network "Buzz" and the ensuing outcry from consumers over they way it trampled on their privacy rights says a lot about the Internet giant’s…
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Privacy controls on Google’s Buzz are backwards
Google turned its new "Buzz" social networking function on in my Gmail account today and I spent some time checking it out. Conclusion: it’s got the privacy controls backwards.
While…