Privacy

NTIA Gathers Stakeholders For Facial Recognition Talks

February 10, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<p>The National Telecommunications and Information Administration Feb. 6 convened the first of a series of multistakeholder meetings aimed at crafting a voluntary privacy code of conduct for commercial uses of facial recognition technology.</p> <p>Larry Strickling, administrator of the NTIA, a division of the Commerce Department, told stakeholders at the kick-off meeting that the agency will remain a throughout the process and will avoid imposing its own views.</p>

Google Wins Right To Lease Moffett Field, Will Restore Hangar One

February 10, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Google has long operated its fleet of private jets out of NASA’s Moffett Field thanks to a long-standing deal with the U.S. government, but it looks like it’s ready to expand its presence at the Silicon Valley airfield. The U.S.

Google Subsidiary To Run Nearby Federal Airfield

February 10, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<p>SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S government has picked a Google subsidiary to run and renovate a federal airfield that is frequently used for the personal flights of the Internet company’s billionaire executives.</p>

Google Reaches Agreement With EU In Antitrust Case

February 6, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<div id="text-pages"> <div class="page" style="display: block;"> <p>BRUSSELS (AP) — The <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=business%2Ftechnology&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22European+Union%22">European Union</a>'s antitrust watchdog on Wednesday accepted "far-reaching" concessions offered by Google to settle allegations it is abusing its dominant position in Internet searches, bringing the three-year-old case close to an end.</p>

Google Settles EU Antitrust Probe

February 5, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Google has tentatively settled an European antitrust probe by promising to display “clearly visible” links to three rivals whenever the company also returns links to its own vertical services, like Google Shopping, EU regulators said on Wednesday.</p>

Google Agrees To Concessions To Settle EU Antitrust Case

February 5, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<p><b>European officials alleged that the Internet giant abused its search-engine dominance to promote its own services over those of rivals.</b></p> <p>Google Inc. cleared out a key antitrust case, among other battles it faces, by agreeing to terms with European officials over allegations that the Internet giant abused its search-engine dominance to promote its own services over those of competitors.</p>

Google Antitrust Investigation: Rumours Of Imminent Settlement Met With Scepticism

January 30, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<p><span class="archivestory"><strong>Recent rumours that interner giant Google is set to escape an ongoing European antitrust investigation without its latest proposals being market-tested have been met with much scepticism </strong></span></p>

Compare What Schmidt Says With What He Does

January 28, 2014  ·  John M. Simpson

<p>Let's compare and contrast what <a href="https://www.google.com/intl/en/about/company/facts/management/">Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt</a> says with what he apparently <img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-2726" alt="" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/images_eric-schmidt.jpg" style="width: 130px; height: 200px; float: right; margin: 2px;" width="300" height="462" />actually does.  It's not pretty.<br /> <br />

Stolen Laptops Had Coke Workers’ Personal Info

January 25, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Personal information about at least 74,000 current and former Coca-Cola employees may have been compromised after company laptops were stolen, the beverage giant said Friday.</p> <p>Social Security numbers for about 18,000 employees, former workers, contractors and vendors in the United States and Canada were on computers recovered from an ex-employee whose job was to maintain or dispose of company equipment, Coke said.</p> <p>In addition, driver's licenses and other personal information for another 56,000 people also was exposed, Coca-Cola said.</p>

Chart: These 10 Tech Giants Spent Millions Lobbying in D.C.

January 24, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

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Tech, Telecom Vendors Spend Millions On Lobbying In DC

January 24, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<section class="page"> <p><span itemprop="articleBody description text">Google, Comcast, AT&T and Verizon Communications ranked among the top spenders on U.S. government lobbying in 2013, with Apple and Facebook increasing their lobbying expenses significantly, according to year-end lobbying reports released this week. </span></p>

Google is the Largest Tech Lobbyist of the US Government

January 23, 2014  ·  Mark Reback

<p><a href="http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/newsrelease/google-leads-pack-10-tech-firms-pump-6115-million-2013-lobbying-efforts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Consumer Watchdog</a>, a nonprofit team dedicated to keeping track of special interests groups in Washington, has released their latest report on the top US tech firm lobbyists.</p>