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Google Watchdog Battle Heats Up
Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court wrote to Google CEO Eric Schmidt Monday arguing that his top executives must "have more important priorities than defunding a consumer group critical of your lack of privacy protections." In the letter, he laid out some observations about Google's perceived "less than open corporate culture, its opaque public policymaking division and some suggestions for change and moving forward."
Continue reading...Consumer Privacy Advocates Seek Search Engine Solution
Thursday, February 19, 2009
No one knows more about us—our ailments, significant others, favorite music, what we’re thinking about buying, and how much we spend—than our search engines. Virtually all search engines gather information about how searchers query, what they click, and where they wind up. This personal information (i.e., IP addresses, cookies, session IDs) is stored alongside queries for anywhere between 90 days and forever. "I think most users simply don’t realize the amount of personal information they provide," says John M. Simpson, a consumer policy advocate with the nonprofit group Consumer Watchdog.
Continue reading...Availability Of Online Health Records Sparks Privacy Concerns
Monday, February 16, 2009
Consumer advocacy groups, such as Patient Privacy Rights (PPR) and Consumer Watchdog, warn that such online records could pose a threat to patients' health privacy rights. PPR says the most recent health IT portion of the Senate version of the economic stimulus bill intoduces loopholes that allow the sale and misuse of personal health information.
Continue reading...Yahoo Sets New Consumer Data Retention Policy
Friday, December 19, 2008
This week Yahoo released a new policy on data retention. Under the policy, the number two search engine will anonymize its users log data within 90 days. Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit consumer group, immediately called on Google to match Yahoo's policy. Google currently has a policy of retaining data for nine months. Microsoft has an 18-month policy.
Continue reading...Microsoft: Zero Data Retention Not Possible To Keep Search Engines Viable
Thursday, December 18, 2008
John Simpson, a privacy advocate for the non-profit consumer rights group Consumer Watchdog, said no less than a zero retention policy will suffice, arguing that since most users of Google or Yahoo return daily they are constantly providing a new stream of personal data. His group wants users to have the option to control their data and browse anonymously.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog: Google Should Increase Privacy Efforts
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Consumer Watchdog wants Google Inc. to implement more privacy protections in its e-mail and search systems as it may be looking at e-mails coming and going from GMail accounts.
Continue reading...Congress Warned Of Google Privacy & Security Risks After Google Markets Services To Staffers On Hill
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
New Video Shows Privacy Problems With G-Mail Washington, DC -- Consumer Watchdog released a new on-line video exposing privacy problems with Google’s Gmail service and other Google applications in the wake of Google’s recent marketing efforts on Capitol Hill. At a speech in Washington D.C. today, Google CEO Eric Schmidt acknowledged the group’s privacy concerns and expressed an interest in addressing them. He said his concern was balancing performance and speed of the system with privacy and security demands.
Continue reading...Group Warns of Google Browsing, E-mail
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Consumer Watchdog is a consumer advocacy group that believes Google's e-mail service, called Gmail, is not private or secure. And Consumer Watchdog says the security problem is not only with Gmail users, but also with those who may not have Gmail but correspond with Gmail users.
Continue reading...Another huge medical data breach is mishandled
Friday, November 7, 2008
Both president-elect Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain backed electronic medical records during their campaign. Computerizing patient data, which could increase efficiency and cut costs, is part of every major federal health reform...
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Asks Google for More Privacy, While Firefox Adds ‘Porn Mode’
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
With Google adding a browser to its search engine, cloud applications, ad tracking and toolbar, it already knows more about you than even your mother could. But Consumer Watchdog thinks the Lords of the Web should still make it easier for people to have a bit more privacy...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
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