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Privacy Groups, Business Firms Firing Warning Shots on New Online Ad Privacy Bill
“While the discussion has started on this privacy issue because of this bill, I can’t really say very much good about it,” John Simpson from Consumer Watchdog later said on the call. “This bill really adopts and endorses an archaic, bankrupt notice-and-consent regime that we all know does not work.”
Continue reading...Consumer Groups Criticize Congressional Bill on Online Consumer Privacy
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Consumer watchdog groups say a draft congressional bill falls short of its proclaimed intention of protecting the privacy of consumers using the Internet. During a conference call with reporters Tuesday, the groups said they would push for changes to the bill.
Continue reading...Boucher’s Privacy Bill Scolded by Consumer Groups
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
The quest for comprehensive, federal privacy legislation has been on many a lawmakers' wish list for years, and two House members took the next step this week with the release of draft legislation that would require opt-in access to sensitive online data, an expectation of privacy regarding third-party apps, and easily accessible privacy practices. Consumer groups, however, said the bill does not do enough and criticized provisions that would prevent stronger state laws or individual lawsuits.
Continue reading...Online Advertisers Targeted in Privacy Moves
Monday, May 3, 2010
With behavioural targeting and privacy becoming hot internet issues, a coalition of consumer and privacy advocacy groups is taking their fight for online rights to Capitol Hill. The sizeable coalition - its members are Consumer Action, Center for Digital Democracy, Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, Consumer Watchdog, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Privacy Lives, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, Privacy Times, US Public Interest Research Group and the World Privacy Forum - says industry self-regulation has not provided meaningful consumer protection and legislation is needed.
Continue reading...Consumer And Privacy Groups Warn Online Tracking At “Alarming Levels,” Joint Letter To Congress Outlines Principles Privacy Legislation Must Include
Monday, May 3, 2010
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Warning that "tracking and targeting of consumers online have reached alarming levels," a coalition of 11 consumer and privacy advocacy organizations today sent a letter to Congress outlining the protections any online privacy legislation must include.
Continue reading...Jennifer Stoddart Blazes a Global Trail for Privacy Protection
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
"She has taken the lead in sounding the privacy alarm," said John Simpson, a consumer advocate with Consumer Watchdog in Santa Monica, Calif.
Continue reading...Internet Consumer Watchdog Asks DOJ to Break Google into Smaller Companies
Thursday, April 22, 2010
One watchdog group called Consumer Watchdog has asked the DOJ this week to break Google into smaller companies to prevent a monopoly situation along the lines of Microsoft. John M. Simpson from Consumer Watchdog is the person who made the request to the DOJ and he argues that the DOJ’s actions against Google’s attempts at buying other advertising firms and scanning books isn’t enough to ensure the search giant doesn’t turn into a monopoly.
Continue reading...Issa Presses Web Chief On Personal E-Mail Use To Contact Former Co-Workers
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) is pressing White House Deputy Chief Technology Officer Andrew McLaughlin to explain his relationship with his former employer, Google. The congressman, who serves as ranking member on the House Oversight Committee, said McLaughlin’s account on Google’s new Buzz social network suggests he remains in touch with “more than two dozen individuals […]
Continue reading...Google is committed to openness — for everybody else
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Google continues to demonstrate that when comes to a commitment to openness and transparency the Internet giant is really talking about holding others to that standard, certainly not itself.
Continue reading...What is Google hiding?
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Thousands of pages of documents were unsealed in U.S. Court in New York Thursday in the $1 billion copyright infringement suit filed against YouTube and ...
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010
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