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At Google’s Annual Meeting, Silence From Larry Page
A theatrical moment occurred before the meeting, when a watchdog group dressed up as "the Google Track Team" to protest what it viewed as the company's less-than-exemplary privacy policies. The protesters, from Consumer Watchdog, tried to "track" Google employees and shareholders as they checked in for the meeting. Google's security team was not amused.
Continue reading...Google Stock Split Wins Approval; CEO Loses Voice
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Consumer Watchdog demonstrator Don McLeod protests in front of a Google shareholder outside of Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Thursday, June 21, 2012 before the shareholders meeting. Protestors demonstrated to help raise awareness of Google's online tracking policy. They are calling for legislation for "Do Not Track" mechanism urged by the FTC. They are protesting information from being gathered by Google without permission.
Continue reading...Google CEO Page Should Testify To Congress As News Corp. CEO Murdoch Had To Answer To Parliament Says Consumer Watchdog
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Washington, DC – In an opinion piece published in POLITICO today, Consumer Watchdog's Jamie Court and John M. Simpson compare the treatment of News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch – who was called before Parliament in Britain to answer for hacking into the private phone records of families – and the kid glove treatment Google CEO Larry Page has received in America after a much larger privacy breach in which the new media giant collected personal information from millions of Wi-Fi networks around the world.
Continue reading...Privacy Group Voices Concerns Over Google-Backed Autonomous Vehicle Legislation
Friday, June 1, 2012
The advocacy group Consumer Watchdog is raising concerns about Google’s altruistic motives when it comes to autonomous vehicles. The group sees The Big G’s efforts less as a way to reduce crashes and save lives, and more as a ploy to mine and monetize even more personal data. And it wants to block a bill that would clear the way for Google’s self-driving cars to legally cruise California roads unless privacy protections are in place.
Continue reading...Group Wants Privacy Protection in Self-Driving Car Bill
Friday, June 1, 2012
Nonprofit group Consumer Watchdog has published an open letter to state assembly speaker John Perez seeking amendments to SB 1298, which would allow Google to legally operate its self-driving cars on California roadways.
Continue reading...Thursday Poll: Should Driverless Cars Protect Privacy?
Thursday, May 31, 2012
In California, the state is close to approving allowing the automated cars on the road. (And in Spain, a convoy of them recently took to the highway.) But some people in California are raising privacy concerns. Google, of course, is known for tracking where its users go on the web and using that information to make money.
Continue reading...Privacy Group Wants To Put The Brakes on Google’s Driverless Cars
Thursday, May 31, 2012
A privacy group wants to put the brakes on Google's driverless cars, demanding that they shouldn't be allowed on the road until privacy legislation has been put into place. Consumer Watchdog, a nonpartisan, nonprofit group, is demanding that the technology is incorporated into a bill, SB 1289, which would see proper legislation around this technology, put into place to protect people.
Continue reading...Privacy Group Wants Google’s Driverless Cars Kept Off The Road
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
A privacy group is calling on the California Assembly to keep Google's self-driving cars off the road. Consumer Watchdog, a non-profit privacy group, sent an open letter to the Assembly today urging members to defeat a bill, SB 1289, that would allow Google's self-driving cars on California's roads unless the bill is amended to provide "adequate" privacy protection for the cars' users.
Continue reading...California Offers First Test Case for Google’s Robot Cars
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
California Senate Bill 1298 is now up for grabs in the State House after unanimous passage in the state Senate. The bill permits "autonomous vehicles" on California roadways. In a protest letter to the California House Speaker, the group Consumer Watchdog seeks to kill portions of the bill. The group leaders write that the company lost its trustworthiness with the so-called "Wi-Spy scandal, the largest wiretapping effort ever, in which Google's Street View cars sucked up emails, passwords and other data from private Wi-Fi networks in 30 countries around the world." Click here to read a report from the group.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Seeks To Stop Google’s Driverless Cars On U.S. Highways Without Privacy Protections
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Group Seeks Amendments to California Legislation SANTA MONICA, CA –Google’s driverless cars should not be allowed on U.S. highways unless adequate privacy protections for users of the new technology are implemented, Consumer Watchdog said today.
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
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