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Google Reaches Agreement With Connecticut AG Over Wi-Spy
Frequent Google critic Consumer Watchdog blasted the announcement and repeated its call for outgoing Google CEO Eric Schmidt to explain the incident to lawmakers. “The details of the biggest privacy breach in history shouldn’t be settled in secret,” said John Simpson, director of Consumer Watchdog’s Inside Google Project. “This makes it clear why Google CEO Eric Schmidt needs to testify under oath before Congress about Wi-Spy.”
Continue reading...Google to Settle State ‘Wi-Spy’ Spat Out of Court
29. January 2011
Consumer Watchdog decried today’s agreement between Google and the state. “The details of the biggest privacy breach in history shouldn’t be settled in secret,” said John M. Simpson, director of Consumer Watchdog’s Inside Google Project. “This makes it clear why Google CEO Eric Schmidt needs to testify under oath before Congress about Wi-Spy.”
Continue reading...NASA Accused of Favoritism at Moffett
28. January 2011
The advocacy group Consumer Watchdog has issued a report criticizing Mountain View-based Google’s “cozy” relationship with the federal government, using the controversial deal for “AirGoogle” to use Moffett as the most visible example, and calling out NASA for playing favorites with Google on Moffett’s airfield.
Continue reading...Consumer Critic Dings Outgoing Google CEO in Carton Video
27. January 2011
A consumer advocacy group has hired a van to drive around the streets of Washington D.C. playing an animated cartoon lampooning Google’s outgoing CEO Eric Schmidt for previous statements he’s made concerning Internet privacy.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Blasts Google’s Schmidt
27. January 2011
Consumer Watchdog receives no funding from Microsoft or any other competitor of Google, John Simpson, consumer advocate with the group, told PC World. “We don’t have any relationship with Microsoft at all … We don’t take any of their money,” he said. Simpson said the group has decided to focus on Google’s privacy practices because the company’s services serve as a gateway to the Internet for many people. If the group can push Google, “without a doubt the dominant Internet company,” to change its privacy practices, other companies will follow suit, he said.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Portrays Schmidt As Lunatic Senate Witness
26. January 2011
As Eric Schmidt plans his transition from Google’s chief executive into a role has a greater focus on government outreach, ardent Google critic and privacy advocate Consumer Watchdog has found a not-so-friendly way to welcome him to Washington.
Continue reading...The Circuit: Consumer Watchdog Asks for Google Probe
25. January 2011
Consumer Watchdog sent a report to Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, asking for a probe into the relationship between the Obama administration and Google.
Continue reading...Group Critical of Google’s Government Relationship
24. January 2011
A consumer advocacy group is calling for a congressional investigation into what it says is Google’s “cozy relationship” with the federal government, specifically, the Obama administration. At issue is Google’s use of Moffett Field, owned and operated by NASA, which is just a few miles away from Google headquarters in Mountain View.
Continue reading...Google’s Close Ties With Obama Administration Reap Rewards, Consumer Group Alleges
24. January 2011
A consumer group is calling for a congressional investigation into allegations that Internet giant Google turned close ties to the Obama administration into corporate benefits. The group, Consumer Watchdog, alleges in a 32-page report that Google has used its connections to gain “unique access” to the government’s Moffett Field located near Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Calls for Investigation of Google
24. January 2011
Consumer Watchdog, an advocacy group largely focused in recent years on Google’s privacy practices, has called on a congressional investigation into the Internet giant’s “cozy” relationship with U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration.
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30. January 2011