In a ruling this week, a German federal court said Google must restrict information in its autocomplete when it violates personal rights. Google recently released data that shows government takedown requests by court order are on the rise, and that...
But it’s not only the Federal Government; there were six NSTIC pilot programs approved all in a variety of verticals including ecommerce, health, education, even the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles.
The website is called "Verteidige dein netz" or Defend your network, and Google has launched it to warn people in Germany about proposed changes to German law, specifically the Copyright Act of the Federal Republic of Germany
Meanwhile, the federal government has launched Data.gov with over 370,000 datasets and a listing of hundreds of government and citizen-developed apps. This aligns federal, state, and local government with the core capabilities of online marketers...
The federal government, under the leadership of President Obama and Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel, has launched a wide-ranging rethinking and consolidation of federal websites, domains, and databases.
Federal Trade Commission Their current letter to FTC Chair Jon Leibowitz reiterates their position from last November: “Search is not a government-run utility, established by law and thus subject to bureaucratic oversight.
Federal Trade Commission, privacy advocates have criticized the voluntary nature of the platform. In a statement first posted by AllThingsD, Google said that the addition of a Do Not Track option was part of an agreement the company reached with...
Both Google and Facebook have ramped up federal lobbying to their highest levels. The IA plans to launch sometime this September and will focus on getting Internet-related legislation passed by the U.S.government.
The Federal Appeals Court has upheld the National Security Agency's decision not to release information confirming or denying if they have a relationship with Google. NSA refused to confirm or deny a relationship between the two, arguing that this...
According to the Financial Times, two people familiar with the matter have confirmed that the Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation into the purchase, because of the eye-popping price paid by the social networking maven.
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...
The federal government is phasing in an Internet access program, National Broadband Plan (PNBL), expected to bring more citizens online. Saturday and Sunday, 11 percent of all Internet traffic in Brazil went to Facebook.com, pushing the social...
Each of the four federal agencies contributed to the investigation. Under the program allowing the distribution of forfeited funds among law enforcement agencies who participate in federal investigations, they will not be allowed to use the...
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.
Elsewhere, Microsoft has hired Federal Trade Commission (FTC) attorney, Randall Long, who led antitrust investigations into Google's acquisitions of DoubleClick and AdMob. Long will join Microsoft's U.S.government affairs team as director of...
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.
Here are some data sources on federal student aid. This time I'm going to focus on data from open government web sites. All the data you need to create linkable material is provided by governments around the world for free.
They cannot function as an identity service, certified by the U.S.federal government under the National Strategies for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace program, as a pioneer in the Identity Ecosystem, if you’re using a pseudonym.
