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Consumer Watchdog investigations and advocacy on data privacy, surveillance, AI, and your right to control your personal information.
Privacy Groups Urge Public to Push for Industry Adoption of Google Buzz Settlement Terms
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A coalition of leading privacy groups urged the public to push for industrywide adoption of the tough online data protection terms the government imposed on Google as part of a <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/31/business/la-fi-google-privacy-20110331" target="_self" rel="noopener">recent settlement</a> of complaints about its Buzz social network.</p>
Google Email Bid Facing Hurdles
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<strong>L.A.'s city controller has launched an inquiry into delays over security issues.</strong><br />
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Google Inc.'s big push to supply email services to governments around the country is running into headwinds both from federal agencies and its marquee client, Los Angeles City Hall.<br />
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Will Google’s Legal Woes Define How Far It Crossed The Creepy Line?
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<strong>Consumer Watchdog’s scorecard is full of “evil” tally marks against Google. Some claim that Microsoft is spreading FUD, but legal woes facing Google seem to disagree that Google hasn’t crossed creepy line.</strong></p>
Safari The Latest To Include “Do Not Track”
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Safari is the latest browser to hop aboard the "Do Not Track" bandwagon.<br />
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Privacy Advocates Say McCain-Kerry Bill Falls Short
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Consumer privacy advocates aren't blasting the online privacy bill introduced by Senators John McCain and John Kerry; but they aren't completely on board either.</p>
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While major tech companies like <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/133516/20110412/john-mccain-john-kerry-online-privacy-privacy-rules-do-not-track.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HP and Microsoft approve of the bill</a>, consumer privacy advocates are more guarded. Consumer Watchdog and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) are saying it's merely a "good start."</p>
Senators Introduce Internet Privacy Bill
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Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and John McCain (R-Az.) introduced an Internet privacy “Bill of Rights” Tuesday that aims to protect sensitive information about users online.</p>
Senators Propose New Online Privacy Law
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Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts and Senator John McCain of Arizona on Tuesday made a bipartisan call for <a href="http://kerry.senate.gov/work/issues/issue/?id=74638d00-002c-4f5e-9709-1cb51c6759e6&CFID=49477163&CFTOKEN=56912567">new legislation</a> to protect consumer privacy on the Internet.</p>
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In introducing the Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011, Mr. Kerry cited the 107 trillion e-mails that were sent last year and the nearly 600 million Facebook users as proof of how much consumers used the Internet.</p>
Consumer Groups Welcome Bipartisan Privacy Effort, But Warn Kerry-McCain Bill Insufficient to Protect Consumers’ Online Privacy
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<img class=" size-full wp-image-2048" alt="" class="right" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ftc.jpg" style="width: 100px; height: 100px;" width="100" height="100" />WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A coalition of consumer groups and privacy advocates welcomed the bipartisan effort by Senators John Kerry and John McCain to craft online privacy legislation today, but said their bill needs to be significantly strengthened if it is to effectively protect consumer privacy rights in today’s digital marketplace.<br />
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US Senators Introduce Online Privacy ‘Bill Of Rights’
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — US senators John Kerry and John McCain introduced an online privacy bill Tuesday that seeks to strike a balance between protecting the personal information of Web users and the needs of businesses to conduct electronic commerce.</div>
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The former Democratic and Republican presidential candidates said the bipartisan legislation would require companies gathering data to allow a consumer to "opt-out" of having their information collected.</p>
Sens. Kerry and McCain Unveil Major Bill To Safeguard Consumers’ Online Data
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Two leading U.S. senators introduced bipartisan privacy legislation Tuesday to safeguard consumer information online, aiming to prevent the misuse of personal data while not squelching the advertising that fuels the Internet economy.</p>
Legislation Would Let You Opt Out of Online Web Tracking
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Sens. John Kerry and John McCain proposed online privacy legislation Tuesday that for the first time would give web users the right to demand they not be tracked in cyberspace.</p>
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Still, the measure was met with resistance from privacy advocates who said the Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 did not go far enough.</p>