Google: Privacy
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EU Regulators “Plan To Take Action” Against Google Privacy Policy
When it comes to the issue of privacy, it seems that Google and Europe are on opposite sides of an ocean, metaphorically speaking. Reuters...
Microsoft’s “Scroogled” Campaign Against Gmail Wins 0.002% Of Users
It’s been a week since Microsoft went on the attack against Gmail, launching its “Scroogled” campaign portraying Gmail as a...
Chrome To Gain Search Encryption, Following Similar Moves By Firefox & Mobile Safari
The wave of browsers using Google SSL Search — and thus blocking publishers from receiving search term data — continues....
EU Takes 10 Days To Question Google Privacy Change; After Two Months, Finally Looks At Microsoft’s
Two months after Microsoft introduced the same type privacy policy changes that Google did, and was attacked by the European Union over, the EU...
Dark Google: One Year Since Search Terms Went “Not Provided”
A year ago, Google began going dark. Dark in terms of no longer sharing with publishers, in some cases, how people searched for and found those...
Europeans: Google Privacy Policy Not Illegal But Please Make Some Changes
After all the saber rattling, commentary and anticipation yesterday there was an expectation that Google would be asked by European data...
Europeans To Ask Google To Change Unified Privacy Policy, Gain User Consent For Data Collection
Earlier this year, in March, Google consolidated more than 70 different privacy policies into a single more unified policy that allowed it to...
Microsoft To Make Same Privacy Change Google Was Attacked For; No One Seems To Care
Earlier this year, Google announced a privacy policy change that was widely covered by tech blogs, the mainstream press and which generated much...
Acer, Skyhook And Google’s Android Self-Interest
Danny has written two articles about Android, openness and the degree of Google’s control over the ecosystem. These were sparked by the...
Will Google’s New “Red Team” Keep It Out Of The Privacy Danger Zone?
According to a Google job listing and several stories this morning Google is building an internal “Red Team” to address privacy and...
FTC: $22.5M Penalty To Get Google To “Take Its Privacy Obligations More Seriously”
It’s official. As earlier reported, Google will pay $22.5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that it placed tracking...
Google To Pay $22.5 Million To Settle “Cookiegate” In Latest Privacy Fine
Reuters is confirming that the civil penalty Google will pay to settle the “Cookiegate” episode, in which it bypassed the default...
Whoops: Google Admits It Still Has Some WiFi Payload Data Collected Via Street View Cars
Despite assurances to the contrary, Google told the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) today that it still has some of the...
Report: Google To Pay Massive $22.5 Million “Cookiegate” Fine
The Wall Street Journal reports Google and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is expected to announce the terms of ‘Cookiegate’...
Nobody Tracks Web Users More Than Google & Facebook, Report Says
When it comes to tracking web users across the web, no one does it more than Google and Facebook. Those two companies filled out the top five...
UK, Australia May Reopen Street View Privacy Probes After FCC Report
Governments that had previously closed the book on Street View privacy investigations appear to be considering “round two,” in the...
Larry Page: It’s “Unfortunate” That Facebook Keeps Data Closed & Holds Users Hostage
Google’s CEO Larry Page made an apperance on Charlie Rose yesterday, and he didn’t have many nice things to say about Facebook....
Report: Google Negotiating With FTC Over Safari ‘Cookiegate’ Fine
Google is reportedly negotiating with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to determine the fine it will pay for bypassing the privacy settings on...
Google Street View “Wi-Spy” Investigation Closed With $25,000 Penalty
Bloomberg reports that the Street View WiFi eavesdropping investigation by the US Federal Communication Commission (FCC) against Google has now...
The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart Rips Google Over Wifi Eavesdropping Investigation
Google doesn’t want to divulge information? Why not post it on Google+? That was one of several zingers Daily Show host Jon Stewart had...
