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Google Blasted Over Lobbying Expenditure
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22 Apr 2010Google’s paying a whole lot of money to talk to politicians, and the consumer advocacy group known as Consumer Watchdog isn’t at all happy about it. Consumer Watchdog condemned Google this morning for spending $1.38 million in the first quarter of this year. That expenditure works out to a 57 percent increase over what Google [...]
Watchdog Suggests DOJ Break Up Google
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22 Apr 2010Depending on how you look at it, Google’s either in a whole lot of trouble, or it’s gotten a lucky break. The consumer advocacy group Consumer Watchdog went after the search giant again today, calling for the Department of Justice to take action, but arguably went too far by suggesting that the company be broken [...]
Privacy Complaint Filed Against Canadian Social Network
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21 Jan 2010It’s not just Google and Facebook that are under scrutiny from privacy watchdogs. The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), a consumer advocacy group based in Ottawa, has asked the Privacy Commissioner of Canada to investigate alleged violations of Canadian privacy law by popular teen social networking site, Nexopia. PIAC’s complaint identified six Nexopia privacy practices [...]
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