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‘Girls Around Me’ Shows a Dark Side of Social Networks
John M. Simpson, the director of Consumer Watchdog's privacy project, said even if people understand what data they're sharing on social networks, they don't expect it to be "reconfigured so they can be hit upon. Just because something is technologically possible is no justification for necessarily doing it," he said.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Calls on Commerce Department To Offer Privacy Legislation
Monday, April 2, 2012
Says Proposed “Multi-Stakeholder Process” Must Be Fair, Transparent and Credible SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today called on the U.S. Department of Commerce to offer legislation to implement the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights proposed by the Administration.
Continue reading...Google Guns for Facebook With Third-Party Comment Platform
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
"However Google configures this, it's clear that it's all about competing with Facebook and keeping users logged into Google's services," John Simpson, consumer advocate at Consumer Watchdog, told TechNewsWorld. "Google is terrified of Facebook's gains and is doing everything possible to fight them."
Continue reading...FTC Releases Online Privacy Report: Does It Go Too Far? Not Far Enough?
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
The FTC report is being celebrated by groups like nonprofit Consumer Watchdog, whose director John Simpson said in a statement: “The FTC’s support of Do Not Track means that consumers should have a meaningful way to control the tracking of their online activities by the end of the year.”
Continue reading...US Regulators Demand Consumer Privacy Protection
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
“Data brokers buy, compile and sell a wealth of highly personal information about you, but there’s no way to find out what they have or if it’s correct,” John Simpson, director of Consumer Watchdog’s Privacy Project, said in a statement. “That’s why the FTC’s call for legislation in this area is so important.”
Continue reading...U.S. Agency Seeks Tougher Consumer Privacy Rules
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Consumer privacy advocates mostly favored the commission’s final report. “Data brokers buy, compile and sell a wealth of highly personal information about you, but there’s no way to find out what they have or if it’s correct,” said John M. Simpson, the head of Consumer Watchdog, which advocates for digital privacy. “That’s why the F.T.C.’s call for legislation in this area is so important.”
Continue reading...FTC Calls for Laws to Protect Consumer Privacy on Internet
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
"An important consensus is emerging on the need to take significant steps to protect online privacy rights," says John Simpson, spokesman for the non-profit Consumer Watchdog advocacy group.
Continue reading...FTC Online Privacy Report Lays Out New Standards
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
John Simpson, director of Consumer Watchdog's Privacy Project, said the FTC should have called for legislation on Do Not Track as well. But overall the report represents progress on data privacy, he said.
Continue reading...Federal Trade Commission Privacy Report Backs Do Not Track, A Key Policy Goal Of Consumer Watchdog
Monday, March 26, 2012
SANTA MONICA, CA -- Consumer Watchdog praised the Federal Trade Commission’s privacy report released today supporting a Do Not Track Mechanism that will help give people control of the collection and use of their personal data when they are online.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Applauds FTC, EU Investigations of Google’s Violation of Apple Users’ Privacy
Friday, March 16, 2012
Says FTC Action Needed to Stop Google Engineers Playing ‘Fast and Loose’ With Consumers’ Private Information Santa Monica, CA – Consumer Watchdog welcomed reports today confirming that the Federal Trade Commission and European regulators are investigating Google for violating the online privacy choices of consumers using the Safari web browser on Apple computers, iPhones and iPads. In a letter last month, Consumer Watchdog said that Google was lying to consumers and called on the FTC to act.
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Monday, April 2, 2012
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