Tag Archive | "Gmail"
L.A. needs assurances before moving to Google’s ‘cloud’
Frustrated by an out-of-date email system that Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's spokesman Matt Szabo calls "Pac-Man-era technology" the City of Los Angeles is considering entrusting...
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Praises Google For Considering New E-mail Security But Asks Why It Took Internet Giant So Long To Act To Protect Users
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Santa Monica, CA -- Google should be praised for agreeing to offer improved security for users of its online services like Gmail, Consumer Watchdog said today, but the non-partisan, non-profit consumer group asked why the the company waited so long to act.
Continue reading...Google Praised For Agreeing To Improve E-mail Security
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Consumer Watchdog praised Google on Tuesday for agreeing to offer improved security for users of its online e-mail services like Gmail.
Continue reading...Why trust Google Health still in beta test mode?
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Why would anybody trust their private medial records to a service that by its own admission doesn't have all the kinks worked out? Believe it or not, that's exactly what Google is asking you to do with its Google Health service.
Continue reading...More trouble on Google’s cloud
Thursday, March 26, 2009
A security consultant has found more problems with Google Docs, a so called "cloud computing" application. The revelation by ...
Continue reading...Google Rates Its Own Washington Watchdog
Monday, February 23, 2009
Since winning the grant last August, Consumer Watchdog has challenged Google privacy practices related to its Gmail electronic mail program and its Chrome Web browser. Last month, the group accused Google of lobbying Congress to weaken privacy protections for medical records stored in its Google Health program. “Their business model is incompatible with privacy,” says Jamie Court, Consumer Watchdog’s president.
Continue reading...Google Defends Privacy of Gmail Service
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
A Santa Monica, California-based nonprofit group that advocates for consumers is calling for the Internet’s search and ad leader to change the way it records users’ information. Officials with Consumer Watchdog say they want to see Google Inc. store personal search data for less than its current nine months, following Yahoo!’s lead, and also to give users a choice to “opt out” out of data retention, as some other search engines do.
Continue reading...Google removes ‘Beta’ label from Chrome, but browser still fails privacy test
Thursday, December 11, 2008
I was surprised today when Internet giant Google today removed the "Beta" or test label from its new Chrome browser. Four-year-old Gmail still carries the "Beta" label. Despite the changes, though, the Web browser still offers inadequate protection for users' privacy.
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.
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Friday, July 17, 2009
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