Consumers have a right to protect their vital personal and financial information from improper and unwanted use by corporations like Google,” said New York State attorney general Eric Schneiderman. At the time, attorneys general in the various U.S...
In the GDN, however, because the matching is broad, the California ad will get matched to general "power of attorney" or even "california attorney" pages, and thus, a very targeted search ad becomes far less relevant in broad-matched content.
Exasperated, she took her complaint to his banks, police, her credit card company, IC3, and even the New York state attorney general’s office. The former owner/operator of DecorMyEyes.com was also ordered to pay nearly $100,000 in restitution and...
Google is being sued by the Texas attorney general, who alleges that the search giant is withholding documents from the state. The tribulation started two years ago as an antitrust lawsuit but has since expanded into an investigation that sees...
Attorney General Eric Holder. The fallout from Google's Street View Wi-Fi data grab continues. Not content with Google's $25,000 fine for obstructing a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) investigation into the allegations, a U.S.
East and North Providence police will each receive $60 million, as will the attorney general’s office. Select Rhode Island law enforcement agencies are about to beef up their training, equipment and investigative budgets.
Chuck Schumer of New York and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut want Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate whether employees asking for Facebook passwords during job interviews violates federal law.
Google yesterday moved forward with its planned changes to its privacy policies despite some objections from consumer groups, European regulators, and 36 U.S.attorney general concerned the changes don't conform to data protection rules.
The agreement, which came about after pressure from the U.S.justice system and California's attorney general, Kamala Harris, will bring the mobile application market in line with California laws, and requires all applications that collect personal...
In a December 13th post called It’s Still a Blacklist and It’s Still a Disaster, the EFF pointed out that the bill still gave the Attorney General and copyright holders the right to obtain blacklist orders and offered new ambiguity as to how the...
The government's position was echoed in Attorney General Eric Holder position on the domain take downs. A year ago, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) seized 82 domains - mostly sellers of knock-off...
The Department of Justice will continue to hold accountable companies who in their bid for profits violate federal law and put at risk the health and safety of American consumers," James Cole, deputy attorney general, said in a statement.
Google Refuses To Release Data CT Attorney General Wants To Check For Criminal Activity Seems auditing Google's privacy policies and actions is becoming a popular demand these days, only months after the FTC required Google to submit to bi annual...
Federal Trade Commission and is facing pressure from the Texas Attorney General, who is calling for an antitrust investigation of Google's AdWords product. Google has had their share of problems with authorities in Europe regarding data collection...
The Texas attorney general leading an antitrust investigation of Google wants to know how Google determines the prices for its AdWords paid search advertising program and how sites are ranked in Google's search results.
Missouri Attorney General Offers His Aid on Google-ITA Probe - Bloomberg Here's a recap of this week's columns and news stories for the week of Feb.to 12, as reported by Search Engine Watch, as well as search news and tips from around the web.
When Varney was appointed by President Barack Obama as Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ's Antitrust Division, expectations were high for her to take a hard line on Google, which she had publicly referred to as "a monopoly," MarketWatch noted.
Google Refuses To Release Data CT Attorney General Wants To Check For Criminal Activity by Frank Watson General Category Blocking extended - Inside AdSense Search Engine Optimization Search is Search, Social is Social: Treat Them Separate by Frank...
Outgoing Connecticut AG Richard Blumenthal requested the data collected during Google's Streetview data recordings and the civil investigative demand had a Friday deadline which Google did not meet, the Los Angeles Times reported.
After being stonewalled by Google, Connecticut's Attorney General and Senator-Elect Richard Blumenthal is now taking legal action to force Google to reveal the data the company's Street View cars collected off unprotected wireless networks.
