SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog and Privacy Rights Clearinghouse have filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission charging that Google violated the law...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA– A federal magistrate has denied a motion from Google in the Wi-Spy class action suit that plaintiffs said wrongfully would have blocked...
Consumer Watchdog’s Privacy Project Director John M. Simpson discusses federal Judge Lucy Koh’s landmark decison that federal and state wiretap laws apply to Google’s interception...
From SFGate.com “ Two federal courts in California recently took up the question of whether invasion of privacy laws should apply to unauthorized opening of...
Two federal courts in California recently took up the question of whether invasion of privacy laws should apply to unauthorized opening of e-mail, in one...
A US appeals court has upheld a decision against Google and now claims the search giant must be held responsible for violating wiretapping laws. This...
A federal court’s decision to let a class action suit move forward against Google (opens in new tab) for nabbing data transmitted over household Wi-Fi...
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A federal appeals court said Google wrongly collected people’s personal correspondence and online activities through their Wi-Fi systems as it drove down their streets with car cameras shooting photos for…
Google Inc. (GOOG:US), the world’s most-used Internet search engine, must face claims in a lawsuit that its Street View feature violated protections against wiretapping, a federal appeals court ruled