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At Google’s Annual Meeting, Silence From Larry Page
A theatrical moment occurred before the meeting, when a watchdog group dressed up as "the Google Track Team" to protest what it viewed as the company's less-than-exemplary privacy policies. The protesters, from Consumer Watchdog, tried to "track" Google employees and shareholders as they checked in for the meeting. Google's security team was not amused.
Continue reading...Google Stock Split Wins Approval; CEO Loses Voice
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Consumer Watchdog demonstrator Don McLeod protests in front of a Google shareholder outside of Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Thursday, June 21, 2012 before the shareholders meeting. Protestors demonstrated to help raise awareness of Google's online tracking policy. They are calling for legislation for "Do Not Track" mechanism urged by the FTC. They are protesting information from being gathered by Google without permission.
Continue reading...Google CEO Page Should Testify To Congress As News Corp. CEO Murdoch Had To Answer To Parliament Says Consumer Watchdog
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Washington, DC – In an opinion piece published in POLITICO today, Consumer Watchdog's Jamie Court and John M. Simpson compare the treatment of News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch – who was called before Parliament in Britain to answer for hacking into the private phone records of families – and the kid glove treatment Google CEO Larry Page has received in America after a much larger privacy breach in which the new media giant collected personal information from millions of Wi-Fi networks around the world.
Continue reading...Privacy Group Wants Google’s Driverless Cars Kept Off The Road
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
A privacy group is calling on the California Assembly to keep Google's self-driving cars off the road. Consumer Watchdog, a non-profit privacy group, sent an open letter to the Assembly today urging members to defeat a bill, SB 1289, that would allow Google's self-driving cars on California's roads unless the bill is amended to provide "adequate" privacy protection for the cars' users.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Seeks To Stop Google’s Driverless Cars On U.S. Highways Without Privacy Protections
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Group Seeks Amendments to California Legislation SANTA MONICA, CA –Google’s driverless cars should not be allowed on U.S. highways unless adequate privacy protections for users of the new technology are implemented, Consumer Watchdog said today.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Counters Google’s FOIA Objections in FCC Wi-Spy Probe
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Wants Release of Underlying Documents in Commission’s Investigation SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today countered Google’s objections to the Federal Communications Commission’s release of detailed documents about the Commission’s investigation
Continue reading...Google Street View Controversy Continues to Roil
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
A consumer advocacy group wants all the documents connected with the FCC's investigation, while some European regulators may give the Google program a new look.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Files FOIA Request Seeking All Documents In FCC’s Investigation Of Google Wi-Spy Scandal
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today filed a Freedom Of Information Act Request with the Federal Communications Commission seeking all documents related to the Commission’s investigation of the Google Wi-Spy scandal.
Continue reading...Street View Engineer Warned Google in 2007
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
A letter written by John Simpson, privacy project director for the advocacy group Consumer Watchdog on the 30th of April spoke on this subject. It was addressed to Senator Al Franken, a proponent of getting Google to reveal what they’d actually collected here before, saying that wished Franken to grant Engineer Doe immunity from prosecution. If indeed the engineer at hand were granted immunity, he would be much more likely to testify in the case which was, as Simpson claims, “the largest wiretapping effort in history.” Simpson wanted Franken and the rest of the world to know the dangers in this situation.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Calls For Senate Hearing on Google Wi-Spy Scandal
Monday, April 30, 2012
Urges ‘Engineer Doe’ Be Given Immunity For Testifying About His Role SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today called for a Senate hearing into the Google Wi-Spy scandal and urged that a key figure known in a Federal Communications Commission report as “Engineer Doe” be granted immunity from prosecution in return for his testimony.
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
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