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Google Stays Mum On EHR Privacy Provisions Of Stimulus Bill
Consumer Watchdog, a Washington D.C.-based consumer advocacy group, said the additions were a victory for patient privacy rights activists. "Google and Microsoft and medical records companies are now accountable in the way HIPAA providers are," Jamie Court, president of Consumer Watchdog told The Industry Standard. "Heretofore these guys had no accountability."
Continue reading...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...Well, That Wasn’t Very Googly
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Bob Boorstin, the director of Corporate and Policy Communications for Google, sent a letter to the Rose Foundation blasting Consumer Watchdog, and, er, asking that Rose defund them.
Continue reading...Privacy Watchdog Suffers Google’s Ire
Monday, February 23, 2009
Search Giant Tries To Pull Consumer Watchdog's Funding The U.S. privacy and consumer protection group Consumer Watchdog today shot back at Google for allegedly trying to have its funding withdrawn.
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.
Continue reading...Google Rates Its Own Washington Watchdog
Monday, February 23, 2009
Since winning the grant last August, Consumer Watchdog has challenged Google privacy practices related to its Gmail electronic mail program and its Chrome Web browser. Last month, the group accused Google of lobbying Congress to weaken privacy protections for medical records stored in its Google Health program. “Their business model is incompatible with privacy,” says Jamie Court, Consumer Watchdog’s president.
Continue reading...Google Executive Apologizes Over Email To Consumer Watchdog Donor
Lincoln Spector and Ian Lamont
Monday, February 23, 2009
Bob Boorstin, Google's Director of Corporate and Policy Communications, issued a statement on Monday apologizing for sending information about Consumer Watchdog to The Rose Foundation. Earlier on Monday, Consumer Watchdog published the text of an email that Boorstin sent to the foundation on February 9, in which he asked it to consider withdrawing funding. Boorstin cited Consumer Watchdog's campaign to highlight Google's alleged lobbying activities on Capitol Hill.
Continue reading...Consumer Privacy Advocates Seek Search Engine Solution
Thursday, February 19, 2009
No one knows more about us—our ailments, significant others, favorite music, what we’re thinking about buying, and how much we spend—than our search engines. Virtually all search engines gather information about how searchers query, what they click, and where they wind up. This personal information (i.e., IP addresses, cookies, session IDs) is stored alongside queries for anywhere between 90 days and forever. "I think most users simply don’t realize the amount of personal information they provide," says John M. Simpson, a consumer policy advocate with the nonprofit group Consumer Watchdog.
Continue reading...Model’s “skank” suit highlights Google privacy issues
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
A model's suit to force Google to identify an anonymous blogger highlights the privacy issues surrounding many of Google's services. According to ...
Continue reading...Consumer Group Calls On Google To Offer Zero Personal Data Retention Policy
Friday, December 19, 2008
Seeks Meeting With Chairman Eric Schmidt About Privacy Concerns Santa Monica, CA -- Google should offer users of its search engine the ability to leave no personal data on the Internet giant’s servers, the nonpartisan, nonprofit Consumer Watchdog said today and asked for a meeting with Google’s chairman to discuss the group’s privacy concerns.
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
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