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Microsoft’s Old Nemesis, Gary Reback, to Address Antitrust Probe of Google
Last April, Consumer Watchdog published this report, titled Traffic Report: How Google Is Squeezing Out Competitors and Muscling Into New Markets. The group formally asked the Justice Department to launch an antitrust probe of the search giant. But the European Commission beat their U.S. counterparts to the punch. "I welcome the European action, but Google is a U.S. Company and it's long past time for our authorities to launch an investigation," says Consumer Watchdog spokesman John Simpson.
Continue reading...Google Faces EU Antitrust Investigation Over Search
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Google watchdogs for the Consumer Watchdog praised the Commission's move but lamented the lack of such scrutiny of the search engine in the U.S. "It's long been clear that Google unfairly uses its dominance in search to benefit its own services," said John M. Simpson, director of Consumer Watchdog's Inside Google project. "I'm pleased with the European announcement, but this is a U.S. company and it is past time for our authorities to act decisively."
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Welcomes EU Antitrust Probe of Google; Calls On U.S. Justice Department To Launch Investigation
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Google’s Anticompetitive Tactics Will Be Topic At Group’s Conference Wednesday WASHINGTON — Consumer Watchdog today welcomed the European Union’s antitrust investigation of Google and reiterated its call for the the U.S. Justice Department to launch its own investigation of the Internet giant.
Continue reading...Privacy Groups Ask For Greater Oversight Of Pharma Ad Targeting
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
A coalition of privacy groups and other advocates are asking the Federal Trade Commission to probe whether online health marketers engage in deceptive practices by tracking users across the Web in order to serve them targeted ads.
Continue reading...Privacy Groups Fault Online Health Sites for Sharing Personal Data
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
QualityHealth is one of a number of companies cited in the complaint to the F.T.C. filed by four nonprofit privacy and consumer advocacy groups. In the complaint, the Center for Digital Democracy, U.S. PIRG, Consumer Watchdog and the World Privacy Forum charged that online marketing of medications, products and medical services posed fundamental new risks to consumer privacy and health because of sophisticated data collection and patient-profiling techniques.
Continue reading...Hard-coding bias in Google “algorithmic” search results
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Google tells the public its results have "no manual intervention" and result "solely" from "completely automated" "computer algorithms" that "reflect the popular opinion of the Web" "completely objectively". It's a lofty promise, but is it true?
Continue reading...Consumer Group Demands Hearing On Google ‘Wi-Spy’
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Ardent Google critic Consumer Watchdog has called on Congress to hold hearings on a major privacy breach by the Internet search engine giant, and insists that CEO Eric Schmidt should come to Washington to testify.
Continue reading...Group Claims Contradiction In Google Official’s Testimony
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Consumer Watchdog, one of Google's most persistent critics called on the House Energy and Commerce Committee Thursday to hold a hearing into the firm's Wi-Fi data collection controversy, citing a discrepancy in a Google official's testimony on the matter during a Senate hearing in June.
Continue reading...FCC Picks Up Where FTC Left Off In Google Wi-Spy Case
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Two weeks after the Federal Trade Commission closed its investigation of online search giant Google's Street View mapping project without taking action, another government agency is picking up where the FTC left off. Meanwhile, Consumer Watchdog on Thursday requested a congressional investigation and testimony under oath from Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Alma Whitten, the company's director of privacy for engineering and product management.
Continue reading...Google employee’s misleading testimony prompts Consumer Watchdog to call for Wi-Spy hearing
Thursday, November 11, 2010
CEO Schmidt Should Go To Washington Under Oath SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today asked the House Energy and Commerce Committee to hold hearings into Google’s Wi-Spying because a ranking employee of the Internet giant gave testimony that contradicted known facts about the company’s massive privacy invasion.
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
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