John M. Simpson is an American consumer rights advocate and former journalist. Since 2005, he has worked for Consumer Watchdog, a nonpartisan nonprofit public interest group, as the lead researcher on Inside Google, the group's effort to educate the public about Google's dominance over the internet and the need for greater online privacy.
People who worry about online privacy and the intrusive practices of Internet companies like Google and Facebook are trying to figure out…
Nov 4, 2010Google can to take one simple step to show that it cares about consumers' privacy. The Internet giant simply needs to appoint…
Nov 1, 2010SANTA MONICA, CA — Consumer Watchdog today praised a coalition of state attorneys general led by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal for…
Oct 29, 2010SANTA MONICA, CA -- The Federal Trade Commission’s two-page letter ending its probe of the Google Wi-Spy scandal is premature and wrong,…
Oct 27, 2010Saying they are satisfied with privacy reforms Google announced last week, U.S. regulators have closed their inquiry into Google's collection of data…
Oct 27, 2010Maybe Google CEO Eric Schmidt thought he was making a joke, but you'd think by now -- if he is at all…
Oct 26, 2010You've probably heard the description of ways to mislead people that was attributed to British Prime Minister Benjamin Disreali and popularized in…
Oct 26, 2010Google could be the first company to face an ICO privacy fine, after admitting its Street View took more personal data by…
Oct 25, 2010Consumer Watchdog, a non-profit group that monitors Google's privacy work, reacted with skepticism. "Maybe some Google executives are beginning to get it:…
Oct 23, 2010For the first nine months of 2010, Google spent $3.92 million, approaching the $4.03 million the search giant spent wooing federal officials…
Oct 21, 2010
Google Inc. has dodged $3.1 billion in taxes in the last three years, reports Jesse Drucker of Bloomberg, giving new meaning to…
Oct 21, 2010Google violated Canadian privacy laws when its Street View cars gathered data from private wireless networks, Canada's privacy commissioner said on Tuesday....
Oct 19, 2010Struggling to find the definition for a word? Simply type "define: XXXX", where XXXX is the word you're asking about, into Google's…
Oct 15, 2010Big Oil has flooded campuses with millions of dollars to pay for clean energy research at American universities, undermining tradition academic values…
Oct 14, 2010Support for Do Not Track Me legislation is growing in Washington with the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission telling ABC's Good…
Oct 8, 2010The advocacy group Consumer Watchdog is broadcasting Jumbotron video ads all this week in the heart of New York's Times Square to…
Sep 30, 2010Internet giant Google is leading led the tech sector in acquisitions this year, buying almost twice the number of companies as second…
Sep 28, 2010Response to our video "Don't Be Evil?" lampooning Google and its CEO Eric Schmidt's attitude toward privacy has been overwhelming since we…
Sep 7, 2010