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...
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....
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Google is being criticized by advocacy group Consumer Watchdog for gathering private information from WiFi networks in Germany via its Street View cars.
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