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  1. Is Google Sucking the Life Out of Your Identity? Are They Alone?

    With no laws or regulations to say how our PII can be harvested, stored, accessed, shared or validated, the whole situation seems ripe for disaster. I talked about how Google+ provided a hub by which users could be tied to their websites, content...

  2. Google Reports Surge in Government Takedown Requests

    Google dismissed the notice as the video broke no laws. From July to December 2012 Google received 2,285 government requests to remove content from its platforms, an all-time high. Google reported in its bi-annual transparency report that...

  3. Social Media ROI: 14 Formulas to Measure Social Media Benefits

    The formulas above are samples and not laws of marketing physics. Check out these handy formulas for calculating tangible social media benefits – advertising, content, leads,research, support, sales, and more!

  4. Google Submits Response to EC Antitrust Regulators

    Theoretically Google could face a fine as high as $4 billion – 10 percent of its global turnover – if found to be in breach of European laws. Google has submitted a response to the European Commission (EC) over its anti-competitive business...

  5. Why & How Google Hands Over Users' Data to Governments

    But it's just as important that laws protect you against overly broad requests for your personal information. Google has followed up last week's transparency report update – which revealed that government requests have risen by 70 percent over the...

  6. How the Gun Control Debate is Impacting Search Results

    These spikes began to take form once the government began to discuss more laws and restrictions on weapons in society. Nra.org is countering Obama’s proposition for gun control laws to be stricter and is making an attempt to reach out to those who...

  7. Google as Your Identity Provider: Where Are We Now?

    So your IdP can hold all this data on you and where you go with your data, who you interact with, but there are no laws that govern what the IdP does with this data except the weakest of those which can be clicked away with a TOS button.

  8. Morgan Stanley Fined $5 Million Over Handling of Facebook IPO

    Morgan Stanley said it was "pleased to have reached a settlement", adding that it is "committed to robust compliance with both the letter and the spirit of all applicable regulations and laws". Investment bank, Morgan Stanley, has been fined $5...

  9. Google CEO Larry Page Meets with FTC

    Google maintains that it hasn't broken any antitrust laws and is trying to make sure that any agreement with the FTC won't involve a consent decree. In a consent decree, Google wouldn't necessarily have to admit that it was in violation of any...

  10. FTC to Drop Vertical Search Antitrust Case Against Google? No Consumer Harm Found

    As European Commission vice chairman Joaquin Almunia has indicated publicly, the evidence clearly shows Google's search bias and manipulation of the display of results in favour of its own products and away from other services is a violation of...

  11. Google Shopping Weapons Ban Has Gun Enthusiasts Up In Arms

    All advertising, as well as the products and services being advertised, must clearly comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Google Shopping should comply with local laws and regulations. All advertisers bear their own responsibility for...