A report by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) found a Google engineer had warned his bosses the project had the potential to gather personal data. Given the findings of the FCC we have reopened our investigation.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has accused Google of knowingly collecting households' Wi-Fi data, a practice the search giant has long argued happened by mistake during the design of its Street View service.
Google today filed a 17-page response to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), accusing the government agency of causing delays that slowed down the Street View Wi-Fi data grab investigation and resulted in Google paying a $25,000 fine.
Not content with Google's $25,000 fine for obstructing a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) investigation into the allegations, a U.S. The FCC began its Google investigation in May 2010. EPIC lambasted the FCC's ruling for being too lenient.
However, the FCC did propose a $25,000 fine against Google. The search company “deliberately impeded and delayed” the investigation into the 2010 incident for several months, according to a Saturday FCC news release.
FCC Voting on Net Neutrality Dec.by Frank Watson The Federal Communications Commission will vote on whether to adopt rules to preserve net neutrality at its December 21st open meeting, according to a tentative agenda released just after midnight on...
The FCC will vote on "adopting basic rules of the road to preserve the open Internet as a platform for innovation, investment, competition, and free expression. House Republicans are trying to halt the FCC, preparing "a letter to the agency...
The FCC told Comcast to stop the practice, but in April 2010 a federal court ruled the FCC could not require Comcast to do so. In 2007 BitTorrent, a company whose "peer-to-peer" network protocol allows people to share music, video and other files...
FCC Targets Google Over Wi-Fi Data Collection by Danny Goodwin Google escaped an FTC investigation without incurring any penalties, but now they face a new investigation from the Federal Communications Commission over data they collected off...
The FCC confirmed the investigation began earlier this year after privacy advocacy group Electronic Privacy Information Center sent a complaint in May. As the agency charged with overseeing the public airwaves, we are committed to ensuring that the...
This means the two rules will be opened for public comment before finalized through an FCC vote. Yet that conflict was ultimately resolved by the two companies -- without FCC intervention -- after Comcast's alleged bad behavior was exposed by a...
Obama to Nominate Former IAC Executive as FCC Chairman Posted by Nathania Johnson Jan 13, 2009 President-elect Barack Obama is planning to nominate former IAC executive Julius Genachowski as FCC Chairman, according to the Wall Street Journal.
President-elect Barack Obama is planning to nominate former IAC executive Julius Genachowski as FCC Chairman, according to the Wall Street Journal. FCC Takes White Spaces Initiative Global Lawrence Lessig Calls for the Demolition of the FCC
