Inside Google

Press Release

DOJ letter shows Google anti-trust probe is serious

CONTACT: John M. Simpson

The U.S. Justice Department is serious about probing the Google Books settlement for possible anti-trust violations. Consumer Watchdog was one of the first organizations to ask the department to investigate.

TOSback: Keeping tabs on the Web’s fine print

John M. Simpson

Among the most frustrating things about online services and Internet companies are the "terms of service" policies governing how the businessses interact with you and use your personal information.

Internet companies claim…

Give Google your data or die

John M. Simpson

Believe it or not, Google’s co-founder Larry Page says that the Internet giant needs to retain your search data more than six months in order to save lives.

Making it easy for Google

John M. Simpson

You’d think with the communications resources that Google
has at its disposal, the Internet giant’s executives would be able to
answer direct questions. An exchange of letters over the last few weeks
shows otherwise.

Authors & consumers uniting against Google book deal

Jamie Court

Google’s overreaching in trying to tightly control scanned digital copies of world literature has stuck an alarm bell with more than just consumers and the Justice Department

Press Release

Google seeks delay in book settlement

CONTACT: John M. Simpson

Faced with mounting criticism of the proposed Google Books settlement, the Internet giant has asked the court to extend the time for authors, publishers…

Google lobbying revealed

John M. Simpson

First quarter lobbying reports just filed with the U.S. Senate’s Office of Public Records show that
Google lobbied Congress about electronic medical record provisions in the federal economic stimulus act.

Press Release

Why trust Google Health still in beta test mode?

CONTACT: John M. Simpson

Why would anybody trust their private medial records to a service that by its own admission doesn’t have all the kinks worked out?  Believe it or not, that’s exactly what  Google is asking you to do with its Google Health service.

Google’s solution for journalism: Invade your privacy

John M. Simpson

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt recently sat down with New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd and discussed how newspapers can emerge from their downward spiral.  His solution, not surprisingly, is less privacy.

More trouble on Google’s cloud

John M. Simpson

A security consultant has found more problems with Google Docs, a so called "cloud computing" application.

The revelation by …