Thursday, February 03, 2011

Watchdog Group questions Google's relationship with NSA...

Google is in hot water again -- or it will be if Consumer Watchdog can persuade the public to ask Congress to take action over the Google "Wi-Spy scandal." Additionally, Consumer Watchdog published a report, Lost in the Cloud: Google and the US Government [PDF], that highlights Google's relationship with NSA and claims the search giant has also "inappropriately benefited" from close and secretive relationships with other government agencies.

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While I'd like to see Schmidt answers questions under oath about Wi-Fi information collected by Google Street View, I also hope Consumer Watchdog keeps an eye on the privacy practices of Microsoft, Facebook and other companies that handle mass amounts of consumer data. Full story...

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