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Google Street View Inquiry in the US is Over

Chris Burns, Oct 27th 2010 Discuss [3]

Regulators in the USA have ended their inquiry of the data grab by Google's Street View cars. Today the FCT Federal Trade Commission stated in a letter to Google that it was officially ending its inquiry with no penalties whatsoever. The FTC made sure to note that Google's appointing of a director of privacy for engineering and product management plus training of empoyees on privacy and building a formal privacy review were good, and that they'd have cookies and milk at a tea party thrown just for them.* Read The Full Story

Google’s Seoul Office Raided by Police

Evan Selleck, Aug 10th 2010 Discuss [0]

Whether or not Google is having a good week in the eyes of the media is anyone's guess at this point, but this one will definitely get a check-mark in the "no" category. According to Reuters, the search giant is getting in even more trouble due to their whole "collecting WiFi" debacle. Back in May, the FTC was actually called on to investigate Google, based on the claims that the company was snagging WiFi information while they went around taking photographs for their Street View. And now the allegations are back, but this time in South Korea. Read The Full Story

FTC and Intel settle anticompetitive charges

Shane McGlaun, Aug 5th 2010 Discuss [0]

Intel is the largest CPU maker on the planet and it has been fighting anticompetitive practice charges leveled against it by the FTC for a long time now. The practices came as a resulte of alleged practices that stifled competition in the market by rivals like AMD. Read The Full Story

FTC called on to investigate Google WiFi data collection by Consumer Watchdog

Shane McGlaun, May 18th 2010 Discuss [1]

Google has admitted after a German regulatory commission asked for information on its data collection policies for Street View that is has accidentally been gathering some "payload data" from unprotected WiFi networks with its Street View fleet. Google regularly captures SSID and Mac addresses of WiFi networks its Street View vehicles encounter on their meanderings. Read The Full Story

Consumer groups ask FTC to block Google’s AdMob purchase

Shane McGlaun, Dec 29th 2009 Discuss [0]

Online advertising is a huge business and has helped to turn Google into one of the biggest companies in the technology industry. Google is looking to expand its advertising empire and is now targeting the mobile advertising market that is in its infancy. Read The Full Story

FTC Challenges Intel’s market dominance

Shane McGlaun, Dec 17th 2009 Discuss [0]

Intel has found itself in hot water more than once with the FTC over alleged anticompetitive practices. The FTC announced yesterday that it has filed suit against Intel charging that the chipmaker has illegally used its dominant market position to stifle competition for a decade. Read The Full Story