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Texas Wants Google to Spill Its Secrets–Here's the List

John Paczkowski in News on February 16, 2011 at 8:14 am PT

The antitrust investigation Google is facing in Texas is quite a bit broader than originally thought. A civil investigative demand sent last July by the office of Attorney General Greg Abbott, and first reported by Bloomberg, reveals an inquiry not just into ad pricing, but site ranking and “the manual overriding or altering of” search results as well.

Connecticut Won't Press for Google WiSpy Data, Looks to Settle

John Paczkowski in News on January 28, 2011 at 2:22 pm PT

Saying settlement talks are in the offing, Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen won’t pursue his predecessor’s demand to review the consumer data inadvertently harvested by Google’s Street View cars.

HP Plans Another Probe Into Hurd Departure

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 19, 2011 at 5:10 pm PT

A new set of independent lawyers may be tapped to revisit the circumstances of how Mark Hurd came to resign as the CEO of Hewlett-Packard, court filings show.

Well, Hell, If I Knew All I Had to Do Was Seize the Hard Drives…

John Paczkowski in News on January 6, 2011 at 12:08 pm PT

Connecticut Attorney General Senator Richard Blumenthal must be beside himself. South Korea has managed to do what he so far has not: Analyze the consumer data harvested by Google’s Street View cars. And the results of that analysis do not bode well for the company’s relationship with the country.

Look, Sergey, a Christmas Card From the Connecticut AG! Wait…

John Paczkowski in News on December 10, 2010 at 11:37 am PT

Google’s amends for inadvertently harvesting consumer data with its Street View cars may have been good enough for the Federal Trade Commission, but not for Connecticut attorney general Richard Blumenthal. Working with the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection, his office has issued a civil investigative demand, hoping to force the company to turn over the personal data it collected and to which it has so far refused him access.

Google Street View Privacy Debacle Far From Over

John Paczkowski in News on November 10, 2010 at 3:38 am PT

The Federal Trade Commission may have closed its inquiry into the collection of user data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks by Google’s Street View cars, but the scrutiny continues–and now Google’s relationship with the White House is a target as well.

Google Street View: Chronology of a Cock-Up

John Paczkowski in News on October 29, 2010 at 3:30 am PT

Much as Google would like Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal to follow the Federal Trade Commission’s lead and close his inquiry into the inadvertent collection of user data by its Street View cars, that seems unlikely. Blumenthal, whose office is spearheading a multistate investigation into Google’s Wi-Fi data-gathering debacle, says he has no plans to end it simply because of some announced improvements to the company’s privacy practices.

FTC Closes Google Street View Probe

John Paczkowski in News on October 27, 2010 at 1:08 pm PT

Looks like Google’s “no harm, no foul” explanation for the inadvertent collection of user data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks by its Street View cars was good enough for the Federal Trade Commission. The agency today closed its inquiry into the mapping service, saying the improvements Google has made to its internal privacy practices have alleviated its concerns for consumer safety.

U.S. Senators Tell EU to Approve Oracle-Sun Deal…Typical Americans

John Paczkowski in News on November 25, 2009 at 6:01 am PT

With Sun Microsystems beginning to founder as it awaits European Commission clearance of its acquisition by Oracle, a group of U.S. senators is urging the European Commission to speed up its approval of the deal. In an open letter, the group essentially tells European regulators to “get on with it,” warning that further delay could result in additional layoffs at Sun.