The Electronic Privacy Information Center is considering filing an FTC complaint, even after two of the senators involved in the first subcommittee investigation suggested an FTC investigation last month.
Senate antitrust subcommittee, Google will have Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt to testify on their behalf. Google's collection of information via Wi-Fi during the Google Streetview car data collection for Maps projects has been under investigation...
In addition, two senators, Herb Kohl (D-Wis.and Mike Lee (R-Utah), on the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, have announced plans to look into whether Google's competitors are being treated unfairly...
As the Internet continues to grow in importance to the national economy, businesses and consumers, the Subcommittee will strive to ensure that this sector remains competitive, that Internet search is fair to its users and customers, advertisers...
It will likely focus on several aspects of a bill presented by subcommittee chairman Bobby Rush (D-Ill. Rush has introduced a bill on Internet privacy that he has said would balance business interests with consumer protection," the Washington Post...
Jane Harman, D-CA, chair of the Intelligence Subcommittee of the Homeland Security. Point in case, the Whitehouse deputy CTO, a former Googler, had bypassed privacy rules by using his personal mail to communicate on official business with Google...
Rick Boucher (D-Virginia), the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, are pushing for greater regulation and the implementation of more aggressive opt-in policies. In the U.S.the Interactive Advertising Bureau has...
The consequences for advertisers and consumers could be far-reaching and warrant careful review, and we plan to investigate the competitive and privacy implications of this deal further in the Antitrust Subcommittee.
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Edward Markey, the ranking Democrat on the telecommunications subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said he would introduce a bill to strengthen consumers' Internet privacy by prohibiting the storage of personally identifiable...
