Tag: Consumer Watchdog

Consumer Watchdog Says We Are Google’s Product
California's Consumer Watchdog met with the city's Assembly's Transportation Committee today, to discuss opposition to SB 1298, Googl...
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FTC Backs ‘Do Not Track’ Feature In Final Privacy Report
The Federal Trade Commission today issued its final report for how companies need to handle consumer privacy, including the...
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Google’s New Privacy Policy: Danny Sullivan Provides Insight
In January, Google announced that it was overhauling its more than 60 privacy policies and replacing them with one. As Alma Whitten, Google's Director of Privacy in Product and Eng...
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Consumer Watchdog Calls On European Commission To Block Google Motorola Deal
Consumer Watchdog is pushing to get the European Commission to block Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility and to issue a formal complaint against Google's business practices....
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Mortgage Scammers From Google Ads Get Shut Down
The Office of the Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) has shut down 85 online mortgage modification scams, and says it is cooperating with an ongoing...
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Google Challenged By Consumer Watchdog Over Privacy
Consumer Watchdog, a group known for being critical of Google, is sponsoring legislation in California that would give people a an online “Do Not Track Me” option. In addition,...
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Watchdog Argues Against Schmidt For Commerce Secretary
Last week, rumors indicated that Google CEO Eric Schmidt might be in the running for the position of U.S. Commerce Secretary.  Now, the organization called Consumer Watchdog - whic...
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Consumer Watchdog Targets Google Over Doodle Contest
 Consumer Watchdog, an organization known for being critical of Google, has asked Rep. Rep. Ed Markey, D-MA, and Rep. Joe Barton, R-TX,  for hearings on why Google col...
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Another “Evil” Eric Schmidt Video From Consumer Watchdog
Consumer Watchdog is at it again. The group has been criticizing Google for years, and gained a lot of exposure for some videos it...
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Consumer Watchdog Calls Google Chicken In Second Vid
Consumer Watchdog's video production department is at it again.  The group, which received all sorts of coverage after...
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Consumer Watchdog Calls on Google To Answer 4 Privacy Questions
Consumer Watchdog, the group behind the much-publicized...
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Is Google Really As Evil As This Video Suggests?
Consumer Watchdog has created a new anti-Google video portraying Google CEO Eric Schmidt has some kind of evil ice cream man. The...
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Google Wi-Fi Scandal Concerns Most Americans
A majority of Americans are concerned about Google's Street View cars that collected private information from their Wi-Fi networks and want better privacy protections put in pla...
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Google Could Have Collected WiFi Data From Members Of Congress
Google's Street View cars could have recorded communications from some members of Congress, involved in national security issues, via unencrypted WiFi connections, according to...
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Advocacy Group Critical Of Google Street View
Google is being criticized by advocacy group Consumer Watchdog for gathering private information from WiFi networks in Germany via its Street View cars. The gath...
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