In a statement, the Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information accepted that Google had made a mistake but said that the firm could not be allowed to get away with it. Google did cooperate in the clarification thereof and...
EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia didn't offer a detailed account of what sort of concessions Google has agreed to. Most recently, the EU has questioned whether Googles's unified privacy policy is legal, and was sued by Foundem, which has...
Google's privacy policies are under investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to see if they are illegal under UK law. The move comes after French data protection regulatory CNIL confirmed that Google had made no attempt to meets...
This has led to police investigations and action by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) against the firm, although no fines or legal action has ever been taken. Google's WiFi data collection incidents gave the company a huge privacy black...
Database Driving Facial Recognition a Massive Risk: Privacy Commissioner Shortly after, the Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information called on Facebook to delete the feature that recognizes user faces in images and...
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has confirmed it is in discussion with Google to ensure the search giant is complying with all necessary UK data laws following the reports about privacy settings being bypassed.
Next week the European Commission, The UK Information Commissioner and others will meet to discuss the "state of play" regarding Facebook and what is to be done. Facebook should ensure that any data it collects should be used in the manner that its...
Many of the complaints they’ve filed with the Irish Data Protection Commissioner* involve Facebook’s continued storage of data users believe they have deleted. Dates of user name changes and historical privacy settings changes.
Joaquin Almunia, a European Competition Commissioner, told Reuters, "We are trying to determine whether the company holds a dominant position in Internet search. After long discussions with Hamburg privacy regulators regarding Google Analytics...
ULD Commissioner Thilo Weichert for the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, said "the social network's plugin, which allows Internet users to express their appreciation of something online, illegally puts together a profile of their Web...
Canada's privacy commissioner has asked Google to undergo an independent, third-party audit of its policies after her office found the Internet giant's lack of privacy programs led it to wrongly collect and hold confidential information of...
Bloomberg noted that "FTC Commissioner Thomas Rosch said in an interview last month he supported a probe of the dominant players in the Internet-search industry. Just last week, Google settled its case with the FTC over Buzz, a deal which forces...
Hanspeter Thür, Switzerland's federal data protection commissioner, in 2009 wanted Street View to shut down because faces and license plates weren't adequately blurred. Google's Street View mapping service infringes privacy, a Switzerland's Federal...
FTC Commissioner J. Google Patent Shows Its Mobile-Payment Ambitions, but Raises Privacy Flags - BNET The Slippery Slope of SEO by Josh McCoy Recent algorithmic updates didn't just hurt the bad guys and clean up the SERPs.
We must clearly say: What Google offers is not enough," Johannes Caspar, commissioner for data protection in Hamburg where Google Germany is based, was quoted as saying in a local paper earlier this week.
Information Commissioner Christopher Graham, in referring to the e-mails, passwords, and other data Google inadvertently collected off unencrypted wireless networks with its Street View cars (last month called a "gross invasion of privacy").
Canada's privacy commissioner declared that Google violated the country's privacy laws by collecting WiFi data containing complete e-mails, e-mail addresses, user names and passwords, names and residential telephone numbers and addresses, and...
Canada's privacy commissioner declared that Google violated the country's privacy laws, which followed news that Spain's Data Protection Agency plans to fine Google between due to the Wi-Fi data Google collected with its Street View cars.
Canada's privacy commissioner yesterday declared that Google violated the country's privacy laws, which followed news that Spain's Data Protection Agency plans to fine Google between €60,000 and €600,000 ($84,000 and $840,000) per offense due to...
Also, the Canadian privacy commissioner is happy with changes made by Facebook, following an investigation of the site's policies last year. The Forbes 400, the annual list of the richest people in America, was released yesterday, and includes many...
