Richard Blumenthal

Google’s Schmidt at Senate Antitrust Hearing: Eric “Gets It!”

Kara Swisher in News on September 21, 2011 at 11:03 am PT

Google faces the antitrust music in Washington, D.C.

After the PlayStation Hack, a Legal Pile-On Against Sony

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on April 28, 2011 at 11:47 am PT

It didn’t take long for Sony to be served with its first lawsuit following the disclosure that its PlayStation Network was hacked. Meanwhile, the number of investigating regulators and outraged U.S. lawmakers is multiplying. Sony’s lawyers are going to be busy.

Congress Is Officially Paying Attention to the Epsilon Breach

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on April 7, 2011 at 1:46 pm PT

Have no fear, you consumers worried about the Epsilon data breach. Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota, and other members of Congress, are on the case.

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.

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.

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Google Rejects Connecticut Request for Wi-Fi Data

Amir Efrati, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 17, 2010 at 11:15 am PT

Connecticut’s attorney general said Friday his office may take legal action against Google Inc. after the Internet company rejected his request to turn over personal data it collected inadvertently from unsecured wireless networks.

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: 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.

Connecticut AG’s Tech Probe o’ the Week: E-Book Prices

John Paczkowski in News on August 2, 2010 at 2:57 pm PT

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is like the Stephen King of investigations: terrifying and terrifyingly prolific. This year alone he’s gone after Craigslist, Google and Topix — and now he’s drawn a bead on Amazon and Apple as well. Blumenthal said Monday that his office is investigating whether the agreements the two companies have with e-book publishers are anticompetitive.