Google’s controversial $750 million deal to buy mobile advertising company AdMob has raised more doubts, this time from Capitol Hill.
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Gathering your WiFi data – Google’s business plan
Government data protection authorities in Germany and the UK are questioning the collection of information on individual WiFI networks by Google’s Street View cars traversing their local streets.
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Jennifer Stoddart Blazes a Global Trail for Privacy Protection
“She has taken the lead in sounding the privacy alarm,” said John Simpson, a consumer advocate with Consumer Watchdog in Santa Monica, Calif.
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Buzz Saw: Privacy Czars Blast Google
In a letter to Google CEO Eric Schmidt, the “unprecedented” coalition of privacy czars from Europe, Canada and Israel described the surprise conversion of Google’s private email service to a public social networking service without informing users as a violation of “the fundamental principle that individuals should be able to control the use of their personal information.”
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“Google HomeView” arrives in Germany
Many Germans have objected strenuously to Google’s Street View service saying that it is an improper invasion of their privacy.
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Google CEO Eric Schmidt Responds to Consumer Watchdog
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Official’s Buzz Profile Sparks FOIA Request For His Emails
Google’s Buzz has drawn two privacy lawsuits, a request for a Federal Trade Commission investigation and some pointed criticism by lawmakers. Now, information revealed by Buzz about Andrew McLaughlin, Deputy Chief Technology Officer for the…
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Buzzed Gmail Outs Google Ties to Obama’s Deputy CTO
Ex-Googler Hoist By Mountain View’s Own Petard It would be hard to imagine a better Google story. If the company’s own web services somehow outed the most intimate secrets of CEO Eric Schmidt – a…