The Center for Digital Democracy and the Electronic Privacy Information Center have filed a Freedom of Information Act request for information from the FTC about DoubleClick and law firm Jones Day.
The Center for Digital Democracy (CDD), which has filed a complaint against Facebook with the Federal Trade Commission because of privacy concerns, says CEO Mark Zuckerberg's apology to Facebook users won't make problems go away.
The Center for Digital Democracy (CDD), US PIRG, and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), discussed the proposed merger at a National Press Club meeting in Washington. They have filed a supplement to their original complaint about Google's proposed $3.1 billion buy of ad network DoubleClick.
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD), and US Public Interest Research Group (US PRIG), are about as happy about the Google DoubleClick deal as Microsoft was, but for different reasons.
There are at least two sides to this and we'll try to address them both. The Center for Digital Democracy is looking to the US government to regulate the marketing of unhealthy food to children online.
A trio of privacy advocate organizations have petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to block Google's $3.1 billion purchase of ad network DoubleClick, citing concerns about the information Google would control.
Two consumer advocacy groups have filed a complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking the regulatory agency to investigate alleged abuses resulting from Microsoft's adCenter services and the private user data the company collects.