Also, Google was fined $22.5 million last year by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for tracking Safari browser users. Whitten ascended to the position of privacy director in the wake of the furore created by revelations that it had been...
Federal Trade Commission said in 2010 that it would not be pursuing any action against Google as the company did not appear to have retained or utilised the data it had collected. The settlement ends a case against Google that dates back to 2010...
Google has begun hiring for a crack team of data experts to help resolve privacy complaints, following the $22.5 million fine it had to pay the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) after issues relating to the Safari browser.
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. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has reopened its investigation into Google's...
The Swiss Federal Tribunal ruled that the company won't need to guarantee 100 percent accuracy when blurring out the faces of individuals who appear in Street View images. A Swiss court has relaxed the privacy and anonymization requirements being...
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.
In the U.S.the Federal Trade Commission has brought on an outside high-profile legal counsel to run its antitrust investigation that aims to determine whether Google favors its own properties in search results.
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 investigation conducted was inadequate and did not address the applicability of federal wiretap law to...
Google escaped penalties associated with the Federal Communications Commission’s electronic eavesdropping law in the agency’s investigation of private user data collection through Street View mapping.
PanoMap Technologies of Florida has filed a complaint in Orlando federal court claiming that Google and Apple have infringed on a patent used in Google Maps Street View feature for iPad and iPhone, paidContent reported.
Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and AOL are on board with a new White House “Do Not Track” technology plan that will give more control to users and more power to the Federal Trade Commission. Meanwhile, a lawsuit was filed in federal court in Delaware...
The Federal Trade Commission is conducting an antitrust investigation of Google, exploring whether the company has used its outsized search market share (around 65 percent in the U.S.to advance its own products.
A Silicon Valley Federal Judge, James Ware, examined a case from plaintiffs to evaluate whether wiretapping charges could be brought against Google for the data it intercepted. Meanwhile, Google Street View itself continues plugging along – albeit...
Google is coordinating with the local police and federal government agencies to get clearances and keep them informed about what the company is doing," said Vinay Goel, product head of Google India, according to CIO.
Federal Trade Commission and is facing pressure from the Texas Attorney General, who is calling for an antitrust investigation of Google's AdWords product. Officials in Seoul investigated Google in January, concluding Google's Street View cars had...
Google's Street View mapping service infringes privacy, a Switzerland's Federal Administrative Court has ruled. Federal Trade Commission antitrust investigation after the Justice Department completes its review of Google's acquisition of travel...
Google's Street View mapping service infringes privacy, a Switzerland's Federal Administrative Court has ruled. Hanspeter Thür, Switzerland's federal data protection commissioner, in 2009 wanted Street View to shut down because faces and license...
Google may have breached Australia's Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act, but the Australian Federal Police won't prosecute, saying the chances of a successful prosecution are "low. The new Internet Explorer Browser - IE9 - will...
Google may have breached Australia's Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act, but the Australian Federal Police won't prosecute, saying the chances of a successful prosecution are "low. Ends Google Street View Inquiry
