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Consumer Watchdog blasts Google over privacy

Consumer Watchdog blasts Google over privacyWow. No real surprise there[i]it certainly doesn?t seem that scary to me[/i]Of course not, you've proclaimed that you "Love everything Google does" and think the world of them (but would you fall on your sword, too?)[i]subscribe to the idea that Google collects information to make...

Tags: Government, E-mail, Google Inc., privacy, Consumer Watchdog

Discussion threads 2009-07-11

Consumer Watchdog blasts Google over privacy

Consumer Watchdog got their hands on a "secret presentation" in which Google defends its behavioral targeting methods. Reading through the documentpdf, it certainly doesn't seem that scary to me, but they seem to have their own take on it. I personally don't have any problems with...

Tags: Google Inc., Privacy, Behavioral Targeting, Consumer Watchdog, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-07-11

Consumer Watchdog overreacts about Gmail

Consumer Watchdog overreacts about GmailRE: Consumer Watchdog overreacts about GmailThis group sounds like they would be horrified to find out that e-mail doesn't go straight from one computer to another, but hops along several computers. Any computer between point A and point B can read your message. E-mail is...

Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Google Inc., e-mail, Consumer Watchdog, Google Gmail

Discussion threads 2008-11-17

Consumer Watchdog overreacts about Gmail

ConsumerWatchdog.org isn't too impressed with the way Gmail works -- they are convinced that Google isn't respecting the privacy of their users. Click here to watch the video Some things mentioned in the video may be concerning to some people, but everything mentioned can...

Tags: Message, Google Inc., Google Gmail, Consumer Watchdog, ConsumerWatchdog, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Security, Internet, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-11-17

Additional Resources

FCC's more proactive stance: Should we cheer or worry?

FCC's more proactive stance: Should we cheer or worry?Regulation is not micromanagement"At some point, the FCC meddles in free markets. It will micromanage."Clearly you think more about business than you do about government. Or maybe you're just conservative, politically, and ideological to a fault.This is about the public's interest...

Tags: Federal government, FCC, proactive stance

Discussion threads 2009-08-03

News to know: AMD; Windows 7; Chrome OS; 'Slow IT'

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: AMD rounds out six-core Opteron lineup Joe McKendrick: In praise of 'slow IT' Mary Jo...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Information Technology, Operating System, Microsoft Windows, Photograph, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., PecoBOO, Microsoft Windows 7, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-13

Google says it loves competition

With Justice Department scrutiny over the Google Books Settlement only the the leading edge of antitrust regulators' attention to Google, the company has launched a dog-and-pony show dedicated to combating the impression that more control is needed. In a presentation PDF acquired by Consumer Watchdog,...

Tags: Google Inc., Antitrust, Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-11

Outrageous Comcast updates to cutomer agreement - all your systems belong to us

Outrageous Comcast updates to cutomer agreement - all your systems belong to usJust reply, NO!One of our local newspaper writers responded to similar tactics from credit card companies by imposing HIS own set of rules on THEIR transactions to his account.You might try sending a similarly worded notice accepting their...

Tags: Modems, Comcast Corp., cable, modem, agreement

Discussion threads 2009-04-01

Hellacious wallboard--take 2

The nasty wallboard emitting H2S (hydrogen sulphide, a gas) is apparently spread around North America. The Canadians are now complaining about it. I blogged about this latest Chinese import to raise health questions. The stuff was apparently imported from 2001 to 2007. One estimate:...

Tags: Health Care, Florida, Canadians, Gypsum, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-03-22

Facebook's TOS debacle: Be upset for a better reason

There was some Facebook backlash over the long U.S. weekend that has prompted some calls for boycotts over two sentences that were taken out of the company's Terms of Services agreement earlier this month. Those sentences once allowed users to delete all of their uploaded content - pics, videos, notes...

Tags: Facebook, Blogging, E-mail, Internet, Online Communications, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-02-17

Online finance site notifies users of fraudulent charges

A fake, nonexistent company called Adele has been fraudulently charging 25 cent-micropayments to millions of credit cards across the country to either 1) test to see if bigger amounts can be charged or 2) see if they can make a tidy profit from untold millions of tiny charges. ...

Tags: Personal Finance, Site, Finance Site, Financial Accounting, Finance, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-01-15

News to know: Jerry Yang, MLB.com, Mark Cuban, USB 3.0

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Jerry Yang to step down as CEO, back to Chief Yahoo Larry Dignan:  With Yang out as Yahoo CEO, Steve Ballmer licks chops ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Jerry Yang, MLB, Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, USB, CEO, One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Read and recognize - 10 must-know social business bloggers

I read a lot of blogs. I mean, a lot of blogs. So the other day when David Grober, ZDNet's fearless leader, told us bloggers that we have the option to include a blog roll on our site, my little head started to spin. Who do I choose? ...

Tags: Blog, Social Media, Blogger, Maeve Naughton Maeve, Stuart Robertson Here, Stuart, John Cass John, Blogging, Web 2.0, Internet, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-10-24

European lobby rejects Google-Doubleclick merger

Continent's top consumer group says the planned takeover's intrusion into individual privacy is over the top. Google's planned takeover of online ad giant DoubleClick for $3.1 billion will harm European citizens through greater intrusion into their privacy, the continent's top consumer group said Thursday. "The Google/DoubleClick...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Merger, CBS Interactive Inc., DoubleClick Inc., Online Advertising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Security, Investment, Finance, Reuters, Corporate & legal, Commission, CNET Networks Inc., Privacy

News items 2007-12-20

The further conflicts of Deborah Platt Majoras

Seems that the conflicts of interest that FTC chair Deborah Platt Majoras carries about in her briefcase go deeper than I realized. You may recall that two privacy groups called for her recusal from considering the Google-DoubleClick merger based on the fact that her husband is a partner at the...

Tags: Partnership, FTC, Business Structures, Mortgages, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Finance, Capital Structures, Sales, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2007-12-18

Australian watchdog to only target Google parent

Competition regulator agreed not to go after Australian and Irish arms of search giant in case alleging sponsored advertising links are misleading. Australia's competition regulator agreed on Wednesday to only target parent firm Google, and not its Australian and Irish arms, in court action over alleged sponsored advertising...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Australian Competition And Consumer Commission, Reuters, Advertising, Watchdog

News items 2007-10-04

News to know: Best hard drives; Wi-Fi's dead end; Microsoft CRM Live

Notable headlines:Robin Harris: Who makes the best hard drives?Ryan Naraine: Ex-Softies launch anti-malware start-up.George Ou: Why 2.4 GHz is a dead end for Wi-Fi.Ryan Naraine: Microsoft drops 6 bulletins, fixing 11 vulnerabilities. Microsoft bulletin.Command injection flaw found in IE--or is it Firefox? Richard Stiennon: Your DBA has his/her hand in...

Tags: General, News to know

Blog posts 2007-07-11

Consumer watchdog agency: Sprint's terminations are "outrageous treatment," and customers should be paid

According to the chairperson and executive director of the New York State Consumer Protection Board, Sprint Nextel customers whose service is being terminated at the end of this month are not being treated fairly and should receive compensation for this "outrageous treatment" by Sprint Nextel.Sprint Nextel has informed an undisclosed...

Tags: SprintNextel

Blog posts 2007-07-10

Can Postini legitimize Google's enterprise ambitions?

Google has been thundering into the SaaS space with their broadening "application-of-the-day" suite. Google has portrayed themselves as a productivity suite contender in the enterprise space, which supports today's announced plan to acquire messaging security provider Postini. However, they face a Mount Everest-like uphill climb. Google needs to shed their pure-play consumer image, in favor of a provider for consumer and enterprise...

Tags: Security, Productivity suites, Messaging, Email

Blog posts 2007-07-09

Google yields to EU privacy concerns

The battle for anonymity on the Internet rages on. Stuck between a rock and a hard place, search engines are having to comply with assorted countries' laws while maintaining privacy for their customers, reports Tech News World.In a recent example, Google has bowed to pressure from the European Union's Data...

Tags: Privacy, International

Blog posts 2007-06-13