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Google Hit With FTC Complaint, Says Circumventing Safari Privacy Features Accidental
The Consumer Watchdog advocacy group today asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether Google violated a previous privacy agreement with the FTC by tracking cookies in a way that circumvents default privacy settings in Apple's Safari browser.
Continue reading...Google’s Tracking of Safari Users Could Lead to FTC Investigation
Friday, February 17, 2012
Google's alleged circumvention of do-not-track controls on Apple's Safari browser could lead to big fines from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission if the agency. Consumer Watchdog, a privacy advocate that has been critical of Google, called on the FTC to investigate the company for unfair and deceptive business practices.
Continue reading...Stanford Study Finds Google Violated Privacy Choices, iPhone and iPads Targeted
Friday, February 17, 2012
Consumer Watchdog Says Internet Giant Lied To Users, Calls For FTC Action SANTA MONICA, CA – In the wake of a Stanford University researcher’s study that found Google has been violating people’s online privacy choices, Consumer Watchdog said today the Internet giant was lying to users and called for the Federal Trade Commission to act. iPhone and iPad users were targeted.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Calls For Google CEO Page To Testify About New Privacy Policy
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC -- Consumer Watchdog has asked the House Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee Committee to hold hearings on Google's new privacy and data policy and to call Google CEO Larry Page " to explain his company's disingenuous statements about its supposed commitment to users' privacy."
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Wants Larry Page for Privacy Hearing
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
The latest public letter was penned by Consumer Watchdog’s Privacy Project Director, John M. Simpson, and was addressed to the House’s subcommittee Chair Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) and Ranking Member G.K Butterfield, (D-NC). It starts: “I am writing on behalf of Consumer Watchdog to urge you to call Google’s CEO Larry Page to testify before your committee to explain his company’s disingenuous statements about its supposed commitment to users’ privacy.”
Continue reading...EPIC Pushes FTC To Get In The Ring With Google
Thursday, February 9, 2012
"We welcome and support EPIC's suit," John Simpson, consumer advocate at Consumer Watchdog, told the E-Commerce Times. "We called on the FTC to determine whether Google's arrogant, unilateral action violated the Buzz consent agreement," Simpson continued. "I think it's clear that it does."
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Praises European Action on Google’s New Privacy Policy, Calls For FTC To Determine If Proposed Changes Violate Consent Agreement
Friday, February 3, 2012
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today praised European data protection authorities for asking Google to delay implementation of its new privacy and data policies and said the U.S. Federal Trade Commission should determine whether the new policies violate the terms of Google’s consent agreement with the commission.
Continue reading...Consumer Group Objects to Google’s Secret Briefing
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
"Your investigation into Google's practices that affect millions of Americans should be public," John M. Simpson, director of Consumer Watchdog's privacy project, wrote in this letter to Mack. "There is a substantial irony in a secret briefing from a company that claims its mission is to organize the world's information and make it more accessible."
Continue reading...One Privacy Policy To Rule Them All: What Google’s Controversial New Terms of Service Could Mean To You
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Consumer Watchdog’s John Simpson points out that personalized advertisements targeted directly to a specific user, based on user-collected information, can be “a substantial amount” more lucrative than just an anonymous ad. And with all the information Google can collect about your interests from your searches, your Google Docs, and your favorite YouTube videos, they can figure out pretty specifically what ads they should show you. “They are positioning this as streamlining privacy,” Simpson says. “But that’s just PR. It’s all about better targeting for advertisers.”
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Urges Google Congressional Briefing Be Open To Public, Says Closed-Door Session Demonstrates Internet Giant Executives’ ‘Hypocrisy’
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today called for a Congressional briefing about Google’s new privacy and data policies to be open to the public and said a closed door-session with the lawmakers demonstrated Google executive’s “hypocrisy.”
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Friday, February 17, 2012
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