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Consumer Groups Slate Google’s Tiny Wi-Spy Fine
John Simpson, director of the Privacy Project at the Consumer Watchdog group, said he was pleased the FCC derided Google “for its blatantly obstructionist violations, but $25,000 is chump change to an Internet giant like Google. By willfully violating the Commission’s orders, Google has managed to continue to hide the truth about Wi-Spy. Google wants everyone else’s information to be accessible, but in a demonstration of remarkable hypocrisy, stonewalls and keeps everything about itself secret.”
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Demands FCC Release Uncensored Google Wi-Spy Decision, Decries Internet Giant’s Hypocrisy For Deliberately Obstructing Investigation
Monday, April 16, 2012
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today demanded that the Federal Communications Commission release an uncensored version of its highly redacted decision to fine Google $25,000 for deliberately impeding and delaying its investigation of the Wi-Spy scandal.
Continue reading...Wi-Spying Broke South Korean Law; Multi-state Probe Continues
Thursday, January 6, 2011
South Korean police said Thursday that Google broke the country's privacy laws when its Street View cars gathered personal information from private Wi-Fi networks. Meanwhile, in the United States, a spokeswoman for Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen told me in a telephone call that the multi-state investigation into Wi-Spy is ongoing.
Continue reading...Did Google-Verizon deal scuttle a better Web plan?
Monday, August 16, 2010
The New York Times reported Monday that Google and Verizon reached their agreement on managing the Internet just as the Federal Communications Commission’s efforts to forge “a stronger agreement” were close to succeeding.
Continue reading...Google’s net neutrality case fails to convince
Friday, August 13, 2010
As protests against Google’s changing position on net neutrality mount online (here, here and here) and at the company’s Mountain View campus, it's worth parsing the search giant’s official response.
Continue reading...Google-Verizon blueprint: creeping control of Internet by corporate giants
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
The Google-Verizon statement on regulating the Internet isn’t business deal, the two companies say. Its a “legislative framework proposal” and a “a path to the open internet.” Web watchers aren’t buying it. It’s an alliance of two companies looking to lock in market advantages with political action.
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
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