Googlebuster fights back against behavioral advertising
One of the editors of Adbusters magazine has a populist strategy to create an online revolt against Google’s latest forray into targeted online advertising, a tactic that Congress Quarterly reports, from behind its subscription wall, caught the eye of federal lawmakers Wednesday.
Continue reading...Facebook’s new democracy could challenge other web giants
Friday, February 27, 2009
Facebook has taken the unusual step of allowing 30% of its members to
decide privacy policies. CBS News and CNET’s Larry Magid and I talked
the change over in this interview late last night.
Google wants to get rid of watchdogs, no apologies
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
When I walked into the Consumer Watchdog office today on a press conference seeking to protect benefits for autistic children, it occurred to me just what is so insidious about Google’s efforts to de-fund our consumer group.
Continue reading...Privacy Watchdog Condemns Google For Effort To Defund It: Calls For Greater Corporate Disclosure About Lobbying Efforts And Independent Privacy Chief
Monday, February 23, 2009
Washington, DC — Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court wrote
Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt today questioning the company’s priorities
following efforts by one of Google’s top executives to dissuade a
charitable foundation from supporting the nonpartisan group’s privacy
efforts.
NYT weighs in for online privacy controls
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
The oracle of progressive opinion, the New York Times editorial page, articulated the core concept for new privacy protection in America: "Internet users should be able to control how much of their personal data companies keep."
Continue reading...Congress Warned Of Google Privacy & Security Risks After Google Markets Services To Staffers On Hill
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
New Video Shows Privacy Problems With G-Mail
Washington, DC — Consumer Watchdog released a new on-line video
exposing privacy problems with Google’s Gmail service and other Google
applications in the wake of Google’s recent marketing efforts on
Capitol Hill. At a speech in Washington D.C. today, Google CEO Eric
Schmidt acknowledged the group’s privacy concerns and expressed an
interest in addressing them. He said his concern was balancing
performance and speed of the system with privacy and security demands.
Friday, March 13, 2009
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