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Google Grabs Personal Info Off of Wi-Fi Networks
Consumer Watchdog, a group that has become one of Google's most outspoken critics, renewed its call for a regulatory crackdown Friday. "Once again, Google has demonstrated a lack of concern for privacy," said Consumer Watchdog's John Simpson. "Its computer engineers run amok, push the envelope and gather whatever data they can until their fingers are caught in the cookie jar."
Continue reading...Congressional Panel Seeks WiFi Data Answers From Google
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Meanwhile, consumer advocacy group Consumer Watchdog on Wednesday urged state attorneys general to investigate whether the company broke wiretap, privacy and unfair business practices laws. The group also called on state authorities to demand that Google preserve all documents relating to its data-collection activities because they could be evidence in criminal or civil cases.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Urges State Attorneys General To Probe Google’s WiSpy Snooping
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Consumer Watchdog today called on the state attorneys general to investigate Google’s WiSpy snooping in their respective states to determine what state laws were broken.
Continue reading...Dear Google: Harm or Not, You Fouled Up on Privacy
Friday, May 21, 2010
In addition to the letter from the two U.S. legislators about the Street View data collection, the advocacy group Consumer Watchdog has sent a letter to the FTC asking it to investigate Google's practices. The group also launched a site called Inside Google (http://insidegoogle.com/) to call attention to what it believes are the company's failings in various areas, including privacy. As the growing furor over Facebook and its approach to privacy has shown, concern is mounting about social networks and Web companies, what kinds of data they're collecting, and how they're using the information. Google continues to downplay the importance of what was a serious breach of personal privacy.
Continue reading...Google Hit with Class-Action Lawsuit Over WiFi Snooping
Friday, May 21, 2010
Google faces other legal actions over the Street View snafu. German prosecutors, for example, have launched a criminal investigation into Google's actions, while in the US, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been asked to investigate Google by the consumer group Consumer Watchdog.
Continue reading...Google Faces Criminal Probe in Hamburg on Wi-Fi Data
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission received a letter on May 17 from Consumer Watchdog, a Santa Monica, California-based group that frequently criticizes Google, calling for an investigation into the Street View matter.
Continue reading...Ohio AG backs antitrust suit against Google
Friday, April 30, 2010
In yet another indication of the seriousness of the mounting antitrust concerns about Goolge, the Ohio Attorney General, Richard A. Cordray, has weighed in on the side of myTriggers, an internet search firm suing Google for unfair anticompetitive practices
Continue reading...Is history repeating itself with Google antitrust saga?
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Is this how it begins? A handful of small companies crushed by a technology giant file David v. Goliath unfair competition lawsuits. A leading Silicon Valley antitrust expert lends his legal brains to the seemingly hopeless cause. Soon, a company that thinks it is all powerful and can do no wrong is forced to face up to the reality that it does not play well with others.
Continue reading...Ex-Googler Falls Prey to Wonderful Privacy Flaw of Google Buzz
Friday, April 2, 2010
This is a fun story. Andrew McLaughlin, formerly Google’s top lobbyist and currently the deputy CTO in the White House, where he advises President Barack Obama on Internet policy, apparently was aghast to find his contacts exposed by Google Buzz. Buzz is the social Web services that leverage Gmail users’ contacts. By default, Buzz was […]
Continue reading...Google is committed to openness — for everybody else
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Google continues to demonstrate that when comes to a commitment to openness and transparency the Internet giant is really talking about holding others to that standard, certainly not itself.
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Thursday, May 27, 2010
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