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Google’s Driverless Car Raises Safety And Privacy Concerns
Santa Monica, California -- October 1, 2012 -- Last week, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a driverless car law into effect at a ceremony at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. According to advocacy group Consumer Watchdog, the law poses threats to safety and privacy.
Continue reading...Auto Outlook: Robo-Cars Legal In Calif.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
With all that technology at work, John Simpson, director of Consumer Watchdog's privacy project, says manufacturers will have to let the public know in writing how much data about them and their movements is being collected by the driverless vehicle.
Continue reading...Google Well Poised To Privatize The Web
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Consumer Watchdog is calling for ICANN to keep a close eye on enormous corporations such as Google and Amazon, and to reject applications made to buy new Top Level Domains (TLDs) in bulk.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Urges ICANN To Reject Google, Amazon Applications To Buy Generic Internet Domains
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Says Control of New Strings Could Threaten Free Internet SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog has called on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to reject applications from Google and Amazon to buy control of huge swaths of the Internet by purchasing new generic Top Level Domains. In an open letter to […]
Continue reading...Self-Driving Cars Now Legal In California
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Consumer Watchdog, a consumer-rights group, has expressed reservations about the cars on privacy grounds, saying they would allow Google to gather personal information about passengers.
Continue reading...California Gov. Jerry Brown Signs Driverless Car Law
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Consumer groups charge Google and other companies are really only interested in using the on-board computers to track people's movements like on the Web.
Continue reading...Calif. Gives Driverless Cars Go-Ahead
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Another lingering concern about driverless cars is privacy. The machines will have to collect and store certain information about a person's movements as part of their basic functioning, as well as to improve their performance over time. Because of pressure from privacy advocates, the law requires manufacturers to provide written disclosures describing the data collected. But John Simpson, director of Consumer Watchdog's privacy project, says that doesn't go far enough.
Continue reading...Google’s Driverless Car Law Poses Threat to Californians’ Safety and Privacy
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
SANTA MONICA, CA – The driverless car law signed today by Gov. Jerry Brown at a ceremony at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View poses threats to Californians’ safety and privacy, Consumer Watchdog said.
Continue reading...Proposed Google Settlement is Inadequate: Consumer Watchdog
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Consumer Watchdog has criticized the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s proposed $22.5-million fine that Google might pay in connection with privacy settings on Apple’s Safari browser.
Continue reading...Advocacy Group Urges Court To Reject Google’s ‘Miniscule’ $22.5M Privacy Settlement
Monday, September 24, 2012
A deal that calls for Google to pay a $22.5 million civil penalty for tracking Safari users should be rejected, Consumer Watchdog argues in new court papers. "The proposed settlement is markedly unusual and deficient," the organization says in papers filed on Friday with U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco.
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Monday, October 1, 2012
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