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Consumer Watchdog Counters Google’s FOIA Objections in FCC Wi-Spy Probe
Wants Release of Underlying Documents in Commission’s Investigation SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today countered Google’s objections to the Federal Communications Commission’s release of detailed documents about the Commission’s investigation
Continue reading...Group Welcomes Sen. Grassley’s Probe Of Google’s Use Of NASA Airfield
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Consumer Watchdog Report Revealed How Google Bases Jet Fleet At Moffett Field SANTA MONICA, CA -- Consumer Watchdog today welcomed an investigation by Sen. Charles Grassley, (R-Iowa) into Google’s use of NASA’s Moffett Federal Airfield in Santa Clara County, California, near Google headquarters.
Continue reading...Google Wi-Spy Scandal Heats Up
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Now Consumer Watchdog, a non-profit advocacy group in California, has filed a Freedom of Information Act Request with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) seeking all documents related to the Commission’s investigation of the Google "Wi-Spy" scandal. The FCC recently fined Google $25,000 for willfully obstructing the FCC’s investigation into how Google’s Street View cars gathered “payload data” from private Wi-Fi networks.
Continue reading...Google Street View Controversy Continues to Roil
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
A consumer advocacy group wants all the documents connected with the FCC's investigation, while some European regulators may give the Google program a new look.
Continue reading...Feds Wondered Who Funded Push To Probe Google
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
An official with Consumer Watchdog, which has been a frequent and sharp critic of Google, said despite the speculation, the organization does not receive funding from the search engine's competitors — Microsoft, Yahoo or Facebook. "I don't know why they would have speculated about that," said John M. Simpson, privacy director for Consumer Watchdog. "They could have just called and asked."
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Files FOIA Request Seeking All Documents In FCC’s Investigation Of Google Wi-Spy Scandal
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today filed a Freedom Of Information Act Request with the Federal Communications Commission seeking all documents related to the Commission’s investigation of the Google Wi-Spy scandal.
Continue reading...FCC Reveals New Twist In Google ‘Street View’ Case
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The new revelations have prompted Consumer Watchdog, a Washington-based advocacy group, to call for a hearing by the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, which is chaired by Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.).
Continue reading...Street View Engineer Warned Google in 2007
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
A letter written by John Simpson, privacy project director for the advocacy group Consumer Watchdog on the 30th of April spoke on this subject. It was addressed to Senator Al Franken, a proponent of getting Google to reveal what they’d actually collected here before, saying that wished Franken to grant Engineer Doe immunity from prosecution. If indeed the engineer at hand were granted immunity, he would be much more likely to testify in the case which was, as Simpson claims, “the largest wiretapping effort in history.” Simpson wanted Franken and the rest of the world to know the dangers in this situation.
Continue reading...Google’s Street View ‘Engineer Doe’ Identified
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
In a letter April 30, John Simpson, privacy project director for the advocacy group Consumer Watchdog, urged Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, to conduct hearings into “the Google Wi-Spy incident that will finally get to the bottom of what was the largest wiretapping effort in history.” Simpson urged Franken to grant Engineer Doe immunity from prosecution so that he can testify and to call Google CEO Larry Page to testify.
Continue reading...AT&T, Google Among Top Lobbying Spenders in First Quarter
Monday, April 30, 2012
Google critic Consumer Watchdog said the company's increased lobbying expenses show it has bought into the "corrupt Washington power game. "Google claims its motto is, 'don't be evil,' but the amount of cash they are throwing around demonstrates an astounding cynicism," John Simpson, Consumer Watchdog's Privacy Project director, said in an email.
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
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