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Consumer Privacy Groups Stress Opposition To Settlement In Google Privacy Suit
SANTA MONICA, CA -- Five consumer privacy groups today emphasized their continuing opposition to a proposed $8.5 million settlement in a class action suit against Google for privacy violations in the way it handled users’ search data because the proposed deal provides no benefit to class members.
Continue reading...Consumer Privacy Groups Urge Obama To Propose Strong Privacy Law
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA -- Consumer Watchdog has joined with six other consumer privacy organizations in calling for President Obama to propose strong privacy legislation in the groups’ comments on the White House report on “big data.”
Continue reading...Google Must Allow U.S. Users To Be Forgotten
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Google today began removing some search results in Europe under the recently court-upheld “right to be forgotten.” The Internet giant should offer U.S. users the same basic right to privacy.
Continue reading...Google’s Latest Deal Takes Spying Ability To New Heights
Monday, June 16, 2014
Google’s latest planned acquisition will will take the Internet giant’s ability to spy on us and gather informationabout our activities to new heights — literally. Last week Google said it would buy Skybox Imaging for $500 million, chump change for a company that is sitting on around $61 billion in cash. Skybox is building low […]
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Warns DMV Not To Let Google Rush Driverless Car Deployment
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today warned the California Department of Motor Vehicles not to succumb to pressure from Google and others with a vested interest in developing “driverless cars” to rush to adopt regulations for the pubic use of the vehicles that are inadequate to protect our safety.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Praises EU’s “Right To Be Forgotten” Ruling As Privacy Victory
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
SANTA MONICA, -- Consumer Watchdog today praised the highest European court’s ruling that people have a “right to be forgotten” and can have online search results linking to outdated, irrelevant information removed.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Asks NY Joint Commission On Public Ethics To Remove Google’s Chairman Eric Schmidt From State’s Smart Schools Commission For Conflict of Interest
Monday, May 12, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today filed a formal complaint asking the New York Joint Commission On Public Ethics to remove Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt from the state’s Smart Schools Commission because of conflicts of interest that violate the state’s Public Officials Law.
Continue reading...Glassholes Meet Up At West Hollywood Bar
Monday, May 5, 2014
Google's privacy invading wearable computing device, Glass, has been taking a lot of well deserved hits lately, and the Internet giant seems to have launched a PR campaign to bolster the device's plummeting image. Over the weekend Google sponsored "Glass Night Out" at various locations across the country.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Backs 6 Policy Recommendations In White House Big Data Report
Thursday, May 1, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA -- Consumer Watchdog today backed six broad policy recommendations outlined in the White House report on Big Data and praised the report for identifying potential dangers of discrimination and threats to privacy in what the report called “a world where data collection will be increasingly ubiquitous, multidimensional, and permanent.”
Continue reading...Google Stops Reading Students’ Gmail After Legal Questions Are Raised
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA — Google said it will stop reading the Gmail accounts of 30 million students who use Google Apps For Education, spinning the announcement as “protecting students,” when in fact the change came only after questions were raised about the legality of the practice, Consumer Watchdog said today.
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014
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