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Google’s Eric Schmidt Sheds Light On Security, Search, AdMob, China

By Laurie Sullivan , MEDIAPOST SEARCH MARKETING DAILY

17. May 2010

Google could announce this week that it will move SSL encryption implemented in Gmail to other services such as search. During the company’s annual shareholders meeting a question on this from John Simpson, an investor who works for Consumer Watchdog, prompted a curt “Do you get the drift of the answer?” from Google chief executive officer Eric Schmidt after Google vice president of search Marissa Mayer replied “stay tuned.” Encryption has moved to the forefront after Google’s admission last week it had collected small pieces of private information people sent through unencrypted wireless networks.

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Germans incensed by Google’s WiFi snooping on personal data; activity called illegal

Posted by Margot Williams

17. May 2010

Germany’s Consumer Affairs Minister Ilse Aigner blasted Google over the weekend for its “accidental” collection of personal data by Street View cars driving by the homes of citizens in Germany (and the U.S. and other countries all around the world).

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Google Collecting Personal WiFi Data By Mistake

By Chris Lefkow , AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE

15. May 2010

John Simpson of Consumer Watchdog, an advocacy group that is a frequent critic of Google, said the company had demonstrated a “lack of concern for privacy. Its computer engineers run amok, push the envelope and gather whatever data they can until their fingers are caught in the cookie jar,” Simpson said. “The takeaway from this incident is the clear need for government oversight and regulation of the data all online companies gather and store,” he said.

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Google Apologizes Over Wi-Fi Data Collection

By Sarah Garrod , INTHENEWS.CO.UK

15. May 2010

John Simpson from the Consumer Watchdog has said that appropriate government agencies must now ensure the data is appropriately deleted. “Once again Google has demonstrated a lack of concern for privacy,” said Mr Simpson. “Its computer engineers run amok, push the envelope and gather whatever data they can until their fingers are caught in the cookie jar. Then a Google executive apologizes, mouthing bafflegab about how privacy matters to the company. “The takeaway from this incident is the clear need for government oversight and regulation of the data all online companies gather and store,” he added.

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Google Admits Wi-Fi Data Blunder

By Maggie Shiels , BBC NEWS

15. May 2010

John Simpson, from the Consumer Watchdog, told the BBC: “The problem is [Google] have a bunch of engineers who push the envelope and gather as much information as they can and don’t think about the ramifications of that.”

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Google Blasted for ‘Alarming’ Privacy Breaches

By Associated Press , MSNBC

15. May 2010

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.”

Press Release

Google’s WiFi Debacle Shows Internet Giant’s Lack of Concern for Consumers’ Privacy

CONTACT: John M. Simpson

14. May 2010

An admission today that Google’s StreetView cars were gathering private information from WiFi networks shows the company’s lack of concern for privacy and the need for government inspection of the data the company is collecting and storing, Consumer Watchdog said.

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Google Admits Vacuuming Up Data from Wi-Fi Networks, Apologizes

By Mike Swift , SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

14. May 2010

“Here they are just out and out snooping in neighborhoods and spying on people,” said John Simpson of Consumer Watchdog, a frequent Google critic who questioned whether Google violated wiretapping laws.

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Google’s Growth Markets Include Lobbying

By Vance Cariaga , INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY

13. May 2010

Those numbers might have gone unnoticed if not for a handful of critics who fear Google is becoming too dominant in its markets and is seeking to become too influential in Washington, D.C. Perhaps chief among those critics is John Simpson, a consumer advocate at the nonprofit Consumer Watchdog. Simpson says he would like to see the Justice Department launch a broad antitrust investigation of Google.

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We’re number one… or not. The vagaries of Google’s search engine.

Posted by John M. Simpson

12. May 2010

As we ready Inside Google, now in “Beta” mode, for its formal launch I’ve been checking various search engines to see where the site ranks. Today Google put me at number one.

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