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Consumer Watchdog Joins EPIC In Opposing $8.5 Million Settlement In Google Suit 22 Aug 2013 | 11:55 pm
SANTA MONICA, CA. – Consumer Watchdog joined the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and three other public interest groups today in opposing a proposed $8.5 million settlement in a class act...
Google Is Either Lying To The Court Or To The Public, Consumer Watchdog Says 15 Aug 2013 | 11:22 pm
SANTA MONICA, CA – Google is either lying to the court or lying to the public, Consumer Watchdog said today, after the Internet giant made new public claims asserting it respects users’ privacy that c...
Google Tells Court You Cannot Expect Privacy When Sending Messages to Gmail — People Who Care About Privacy Should Not Use Service, Consumer Watchdog ... 12 Aug 2013 | 11:08 pm
SANTA MONICA, CA — In a stunning admission contained in a brief filed recently in federal court, lawyers for Google said people should not expect privacy when they send messages to a Gmail account. Co...
Effort To Craft Apps “Transparency Code” Shows Futility of Multi-Stakeholder Process 26 Jul 2013 | 02:04 am
Obama Must Propose Legislation If He Cares About Privacy, Consumer Watchdog Says WASHINGTON, DC – A yearlong effort convened by the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information A...
Tech Companies Continue Pumping Millions Into Lobbying As Google Tops $3 Million, Facebook Spending Rises 10 Percent, Microsoft Posts Record $2.96 Mil... 23 Jul 2013 | 10:59 pm
WASHINGTON, DC – Technology companies continued to pump money into their lobbying efforts during the second quarter, with Google leading the pack spending $3.36 million on its effort to buy influence ...
Google Ending Privacy Breach Consumer Watchdog Targeted In FTC Complaint 24 Apr 2013 | 04:10 am
Google apparently is ending an egregious privacy breach involving people who buy apps from its Google Play store using Google Wallet to pay. Consumer Watchdog filed a complaint to the Federal Trade Co...
EU’s Google Antitrust Deal Beats FTC, But Still Doesn’t Do Enough 16 Apr 2013 | 04:43 am
Details of Google's proposed settlement with the European Union to avoid antitrust charges have been leaking out of Brussels over the weekend. And while EU competition authorities appear to have accom...
Google’s Privacy Chief Is Stepping Down 3 Apr 2013 | 03:51 am
Google's privacy chief, Alma Whitten, is stepping down the Internet giant confirmed Monday. Since word of her departure came out on April Fools' Day many folks probably thought this was part of the co...
Companies Press European Antitrust Regulators To Act Against Google 22 Mar 2013 | 04:02 am
Eleven Internet Companies are pressing European antitrust regulators to take strong action against Google so that the Internet giant's smaller rivals aren't hurt. And what happens across the pond in t...
Europe’s Antitrust Chief Talks Tough On Google 11 Jan 2013 | 05:40 am
Google may have only received a tap on the wrist from the Federal Trade Commission when the agency closed the U.S. antitrust investigation without taking action against the Internet giant for skewing ...
