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
This aligns federal, state, and local government with the core capabilities of online marketers in general and the search marketing industry in particular. Meanwhile, the federal government has launched Data.gov with over 370,000 datasets and a...
A federal government that understands and implements good SEO can function as a role model to encourage partners at the local and state level to consider how users interact with search and to ensure that their information and services can be...
Federal Trade Commission As we have publicly stated previously, the search function is not a government-run utility, established by law and thus subject to bureaucratic oversight, but a service provided to consumers and businesses by private...
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.
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. Mobile Search in BRIC: Tips and Tricks Mobile to Account for 25% of Paid Search Clicks on Google in 2012 [Study]
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...
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...
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.
Identity providers must comply with strict government regulations to offer their services as certified identity providers for federal websites. The last few weeks have seen a flurry of efforts on Google's part to get new users into their social...
In case you missed it, Google is now a credentialed provider of Trusted Identities for the federal government. Here is the documentation to help you better understand that entire Identity Ecosystem, from the Federal Government and Google themselves.
Having a federal judge curating a multibillion-page search index is a little like putting a finger in the hole of the dam without realizing there are 100 more holes draining the same lake," says Skrenta.
You'd think Google wouldn't want to antagonize another branch of the federal government. Perhaps this should come as no surprise given that Google just settled a federal criminal investigation into the company's active promotion of rogue websites...
Think about all the forms of information that used tobe very difficult to access, but which are now at your fingertips, empowered not only by the search engines themselves but also by the cooperation of the information's owners: publishers,federal...
Now I don't to want single out Facebook, after all Google has stated Google+ is an identity network and now it is a Trusted Identity Provider with federal credentials. So, who is going to control the trusted identities for government transactions...
Well, to that I would say to ask the three Wikileaks Volunteers who were turned into authorities after their Google accounts were searched without their knowledge because the Federal Government requested access (no subpoena needed), or the new...
As the Federal Trade Commission continues their investigation and the Department of Justice reviews the Motorola and Admeld deals, Google’s PAC has also hired former Democratic House leader and now lobbyist Richard Gephardt.
