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Google Beats Microsoft in the E-Mail Battle of Los Angeles
Google won the battle with Microsoft for the right to move Los Angeles' 30,000 municipal employees to its e-mail system, knocking out Novell's GroupWise platform for the $7.25 million contract. However, the contract comes with a caveat. Google must compensate the city if its e-mail service is breached and data is stolen. The Los Angeles Council voted to add the penalty provision 9-3. Consumer advocates applauded this motion. "Los Angeles residents cannot be sure the city's confidential or sensitive data will be secure," said John M. Simpson, consumer advocate with Consumer Watchdog, "but at least they know there will be a penalty if security is compromised. It's essential that this project be closely watched to ensure that Google keeps its promises."
Continue reading...LA Council Insists On Added Security Breach Penalty As It Oks Move To Google’s ‘Cloud’
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Project Demands Close Monitoring To Guarantee Citizen’s Privacy Consumer Watchdog Says Los Angeles, CA -- The Los Angeles City Council voted today to move the city’s 30,000 email users to a system provided by Google, but only after a provision that the city be compensated if there is security breach in the data held on Google’s servers.
Continue reading...Critics Of Google Online-Books Deal Seek Delay
Thursday, October 22, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Critics of Google's deal with an authors' group to put millions of books online have asked for a delay in a hearing set to consider the settlement in a court filing on Thursday. A long list of critics of the deal, including Yahoo, Amazon, Microsoft, the National Writers Union, Consumer Watchdog and singer Arlo Guthrie, argued on Thursday that the original class action settlement was long and complex and any changes would only add to its complexity
Continue reading...Will City of L.A. jump into Google’s cloud?
Thursday, October 22, 2009
I spent all afternoon Monday waiting at the LA City Council Budget Committee to give the Council members my two minutes on why Google's proposal to put the City's computing into its cloud could be dangerous. In a nutshell: Security,...
Continue reading...Google Using ‘Double Talk’ On Cloud Security, Says L.A. Consumer Group
Thursday, October 15, 2009
A consumer advocacy group that is opposed to a plan by the city of Los Angeles to adopt Google's hosted e-mail and office applications is accusing the company of a double standard on security issues. In a letter to Bernard Parks, chairman of the Los Angeles City Council's Budget and Finance Committee, Consumer Watchdog claimed that Google was being hypocritical in marketing Google Apps to the city.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Highlights Google Hypocrisy In Differing ‘Cloud Computing’ Statements
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Group Also Releases 3rd Round Of Annotated Google Documents In ‘Charmwatch’ Campaign SANTA MONICA, CA -- Consumer Watchdog today slammed Google for its apparent hypocrisy in marketing its new "cloud computing" products, blandly assuring customers that their data is secure on Google Internet servers but at the same time warning shareholders of the security risks posed by swift expansion of its commercial online business. The nonpartisan, nonprofit group sent a letter to a Los Angeles City Councilman showing that Google says one thing when trying to sell its products, but something else in federally required filings aimed at shareholders. Consumer Watchdog also released another round of annotated Google P.R. documents in its Google “Charmwatch” campaign.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Says Genetech’s Levinson Correct To Resign From Google Board
Monday, October 12, 2009
SANTA MONICA, CA -- Arthur D. Levinson, a member of both Google and Apple's boards, acted correctly in resigning from Google's board, Consumer Watchdog said today. "We're pleased that Arthur Levinson finally realized that...
Continue reading...Genentech Chairman Resigns From Google Board
Monday, October 12, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Genentech chairman Arthur Levinson has resigned from the board of directors of Google amid a probe by US authorities into his membership of the boards of both the Internet giant and Apple. Advocacy group Consumer Watchdog also welcomed Levinson's resignation, saying he had "acted correctly" in stepping down. "We're pleased that Arthur Levinson finally realized that serving on both Google's and Apple's boards was untenable," said John Simpson of Consumer Watchdog. "It took too long, but he finally did the right thing."
Continue reading...New Deal Sought In Dispute Over Google Book Plan
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Consumer Watchdog, a nonpartisan, nonprofit consumer advocacy group that has asked the court to reject the settlement, said in a statement that key copyright issues should be settled by Congress in a fully public process. "Essentially Google and the authors and publishers groups are back at square one and must re-negotiate the deal," said John M. Simpson, a consumer advocate with Consumer Watchdog who was one of eight witnesses to testify about the deal to the House Judiciary Committee.
Continue reading...Publishers and Authors Ask To Delay Google Hearing To Negotiate New Settlement
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Consumer Watchdog Says Copyright Issues For Congress, Not Closed-Door Deals SANTA M0NICA, CA —Publisher and author associations sought today to cancel a key hearing in the Google Books case to allow private negotiations with Google over digitizing books online. Consumer Watchdog warned that important issues affecting copyright law should not be negotiated behind closed doors.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
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