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Group Wants Ex-Google Staffer’s E-Mail
The public interest group Consumer Watchdog filed a Freedom of Information Act request on Thursday asking to see emails between President Obama’s Deputy Chief Technology Officer Andrew McLaughlin and his former employer, Google. The critique that Google is closely tied to the administration picked up some steam earlier this week thanks to an Internet privacy […]
Continue reading...Watchdog Group Requests White House Official’s E-mail After Google Buzz Mishap
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Consumer Watchdog has filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to obtain e-mails between Internet policy chief Andrew McLaughlin and his former employer, Google Inc. McLaughlin, Google’s former top lobbyist, unwittingly revealed his frequent e-mail contacts on his Google Buzz profile in February. Now the […]
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Files White House FOIA Request For Ex-Googler’s Email
Thursday, April 1, 2010
White House Internet Policy Chief Andrew McLaughlin’s “Buzz” Profile Showed Continued Ties To Internet Giant WASHINGTON, D.C. — Consumer Watchdog filed a Freedom of Information Act request today with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy seeking copies of email between Internet Policy chief Andrew McLaughlin and his former employer, Google Inc. The […]
Continue reading...Google’s Buzz outs White House aide, former Googler
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
You might call it poetic justice. Remember the more than justifiable flap that ensued when Google launched its Buzz social networking service as part of Gmail? People quickly saw that the people they most frequently emailed were displayed publicly on their profile.
Continue reading...Will Google’s PowerMeter give power to the people or spy on them?
Friday, March 26, 2010
Sometime soon, my refrigerator could be spying on my late night ice cream binges. Right now it’s just a large frost-free appliance that doesn’t talk back. But when it starts to network on the Smart Grid via a meter and Google’s PowerMeter application, will Google be analyzing my high-cholesterol snacks?
Continue reading...FTC commissioner blasts Google and Facebook
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Outgoing Federal Trade Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour blasted Google and Facebook on Wednesday for insufficient concern about consumers' privacy. Harbour,...
Continue reading...Candidates Find Incumbent Advantage Extends To Web
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Thirteen years in the House and a stint as majority leader have furnished Rep.Roy Blunt, R-Mo., with useful GOP and K Street support for his Senate bid. But Blunt's long resume also means a boost from another source: Google. Google's overwhelming dominance of the search market has brought its power to determine marketplace outcomes under new scrutiny this year. Tech company Foundem and other so-called "search neutrality" advocates allege that the search engine is gaining an unfair advantage by favoring its own products in searches. The advocacy group Consumer Watchdog wrote the Justice Department last week urging it to investigate the issue, while the European Commission is already checking out complaints from Foundem and others.
Continue reading...Google Buzz ‘Breaks Privacy Laws’
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
A leading privacy group has urged US regulators to investigate Google's new social networking service Buzz, one week after its launch. The Consumer Watchdog, an advocacy group, said it was not surprised by this stumble. "This case illustrates a lot about Google's corporate culture where a company is run by computer scientists whose operating method is don't ask for permission when you can always ask for forgiveness," said the organisation's John Simpson.
Continue reading...Google’s privacy debacle displays firm’s true colors
Monday, February 15, 2010
Google's launch of its social network "Buzz" and the ensuing outcry from consumers over they way it trampled on their privacy rights says a lot about the Internet giant's...
Continue reading...Google updates Buzz social-networking service amid privacy concerns
Friday, February 12, 2010
The Internet giant has tweaked the sign-up process to make the opt-out option clearer and made it easier to block people from following users. "Google shows continued tone deafness to the very important privacy rights of consumers," John Simpson of Consumer Watchdog said.
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Thursday, April 1, 2010
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