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Press Release

Consumer Watchdog Says Online Ad Industry Self-Regulation Fails to Protect Privacy; Calls for Congress to Enact Do Not Track Me Law

29. August 2011

WASHINGTON, DC — Consumer Watchdog said that the self-regulatory privacy program created by online advertisers and scheduled to take effect for some today fails to protect consumers from companies that track their behavior online. Legislation enacting a “Do Not Track Me” option is necessary to ensure consumers have an easy to use, effective and universal choice to avoid tracking, said Consumer Watchdog.

Blog Post

Does Google-Motorola Pose Anti-Competitive Danger?

Posted by Jamie Court

15. August 2011

What if Google, the master of the cloud computing universe and the Internet’s information monopolist, were to buy Intel, Apple, or IBM? Would we want the company that controls information outside of our computers all along the Internet to also have control over a principal computer hardware maker and its patents?

Blog Post

Is Google adding a default security setting?

Posted by John M. Simpson

9. August 2011

One of the dangers of using public Wi-Fi networks at coffee shops and the like is that anybody else on the network can read your email, Facebook postings, search requests and easily hack into your…

News Clipping

Web Tracking Has Become A Privacy Time Bomb

By Byron Acohido , USA TODAY

3. August 2011

Google has been widely known to scan the contents of Gmail messages to deliver targeted text ads. While some don’t mind, others believe scanning e-mail to deliver more relevant ads is an invasion of privacy. John Simpson, spokesman for the non-profit advocacy group Consumer Watchdog, isn’t convinced the search giant will necessarily stop there. “Part of the problem is that Google collects and stores tremendous amounts of data about its users,” Simpson says. “The only assurance we have about what Google’s intentions are boils down to ‘Trust us.'”

News Clipping

Google And Facebook Spent Record Amounts On Lobbying In Q2 2011

By Leena Rao , TECHCRUNCH.COM

21. July 2011

It’s no secret that former CEO and current Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt has been spending more time in the Beltway, helping with government relations. In fact, Schmidt is actually going to testify before the Senate on possible Google antitrust issues. Because of his increased presence in D.C., public interest organization Consumer Watchdog is actually calling for Schmidt’s activities in Washington D.C. to be scrutinized to see if he needs to register formally as a lobbyist.

News Clipping

The Cost of Lost Privacy: How Google and Datamining Drive Economic Inequality in Our Nation

By Nathan Newman , HUFFINGTONPOST.COM

15. July 2011

Why has economic inequality increased so radically in the United States over the last generation? General explanations range from globalization to the decline in trade unions to rising returns to education — and therefore the…

News Clipping

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt to Testify Before Congress on Wi-Spy Scandal

By Alastair Stevenson , INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES

11. July 2011

John M. Simpson, director of Consumer Watchdog’s Privacy Project commented on the news, “A top Google executive will finally face serious questioning about the company’s behavior.”

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Google And The White House Too Chummy While Firm Under Investigation, Consumer Group Says

By Carla Marinucci , SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE SPIN CYCLE BLOG

8. July 2011

A leading California consumer group has formally asked White House counsel to rule on the ethics of what it calls the Obama Administration’s “inappropriate” outreach — including State Dinner invites — to head honchos of Google, a firm reportedly under criminal investigation by the Justice Department.

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Tech’s Star CEOs Could Be Drag On Obama

By Carla Marinucci , SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

28. June 2011

Jamie Court, who heads Consumer Watchdog, said it’s clear the Silicon Valley’s tech executives have cultivated a “hoodie and Converse” profile to mask what he says is a traditional corporate adherence to bottom-line profit concerns.

News Clipping

ENGINE KNOCK – Feds launch antitrust probe into Google’s market influence

By Carl Franzen , THEDAILY.COM

24. June 2011

Google “pretty clearly is using its dominant position to its own advantage,” said John Simpson, spokesman for Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit advocacy organization that has called for an investigation into Google’s practices for the past two years.

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