Caspar suggested that were it not for the confines of the regulatory system Google could have been fined more. Google has accepted a fine from the German data protection authority over its mistaken and unused collection of WiFi data using Google...
A Japanese court has fined Google $3,100 for the uncensored results shown in its autocomplete feature that linked an innocent man to crime, AFP reported. However the Tokyo court on Monday asked Google to do so once again, and fined the firm for the...
Also, Google was fined $22.5 million last year by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for tracking Safari browser users. Google's privacy director has resigned from her position after nearly 10 years of service at the search giant.
The European Commission (EC) hit Microsoft with a €561 million fine Wednesday, after the firm failed to keep its promise of offering Windows users a choice of web browsers. Web browser rivals Google and Opera tipped off the EC about Microsoft's...
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) fined Google $22.5 million. Google is facing some delayed legal action in the UK over having tracked iPhone and Safari users without their knowledge. Twelve plaintiffs have banded together in the UK to file a lawsuit...
Its content can be automatically reduced in value and even penalties can be fined when you overdo it. Dealing with duplicate content and effectively funneling internal link value are just a few examples.
Investment bank, Morgan Stanley, has been fined $5 million by the US state of Massachusetts for its role in the botched Facebook initial public offering (IPO). Facebook's IPO descended into farce even before the NASDAQ stock exchange's systems...
The company has added a 'Privacy Protection' page to Bing's website, and there it reminds anyone that will listen that earlier this year Google was fined $22.5 million by the FTC. It was fined a relatively small amount and promised not to do it again.
Google was fined $65,000 earlier this year in France, after refusing to remove autocomplete suggestions that labeled a French insurance company a “crook. This time, Germany’s former First Lady, Bettina Wulff, is taking the search giant to court.
A month prior, Google was fined $65,000 for autosuggesting the word “crook” when users typed the name of a French insurance company into the search bar. In March 2011, the search giant was fined €430,000 for breach of copyright and €100,000 for...
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.
Google was found to have profited from illegal Olympic ticket reseller ads and mortgage scam ads within the past year, in addition to being fined $500 million by U.S. Google claims it has cut in half the number of so-called "bad ads" being...
In March 2011, a French court fined Google €100,000 for collecting payload data from unencrypted WiFi networks while collecting Street View images for Google Maps. That same month, Google France was fined $430,000 for four breaches of copyright in...
Google must pay a $65,000 fine for suggesting the search term for “crook” when users typed in the name of France insurance company Lyonnaise de Garantie. Google must also remove the word “escroc” (“crook” in French) as suggested searches.
Overthrown Egypt President Hosini Mubarak was fined over $33 million US dollars by his country's court for cutting off access to the internet and mobile communications during the protests earlier this year.
China's Baidu fined for copyright infringement: report - Reuters Here's a roundup of today's other search news and headlines from around the web. Industry Facebook Busted in Clumsy Smear on Google - The Daily Beast
This privacy situation is also somewhat ironic, considering Google was fined €100,000 ($142,000 U.S.not too long ago after collecting emails and passwords off unsecured Wi-Fi networks with Street View.
France has fined Google a record €100,000 (about $142,000 U.S. Search Engine Optimization The Slippery Slope of SEO by Josh McCoy Recent algorithmic updates didn't just hurt the bad guys and clean up the SERPs.
France has fined Google a record €100,000 (about $142,000 U.S. This is the first fine leveled against Google after it was discovered last year that Google had collected Wi-Fi data, including e-mails and passwords, from unsecured networks while...
SEO Fined More Than Site Owner of Counterfeit Merchandise Site by Frank Watson Here's a recap of this week's columns and news stories for the week of March 13 to 19, as reported by Search Engine Watch, as well as search news and tips from around...
