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Privacy Groups Battle Over Cash From Google Buzz Settlement

By Joe Mullin Apr. 2, 2011, 2:34am Comments Off

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) really wants to put the mistakes it made with Google Buzz behind it, but that’s turning out to be hard to do. The FTC ha… Read More »

In Unprecedented Move, FTC Will Make Google Get Users’ OK To Share Data

By Joe Mullin Mar. 30, 2011, 11:58pm Comments Off

When Google (NSDQ: GOOG) launched Buzz last year, users were given two options: “Sweet! Check out Buzz” or “Nah, go to my Inbox.” The proble… Read More »

Congressmen Call For FTC To Look Into Google Buzz — And AdMob Deal Too

By Joseph Tartakoff Mar. 30, 2010, 5:19am Comments Off

Nearly two months after Google’s rocky introduction of ‘Buzz,’ the sharing service remains under fire from privacy advocates; eleven congres… Read More »

Google Gets The Facebook Treatment: Privacy Group Files FTC Complaint Over Buzz

By Joseph Tartakoff Feb. 17, 2010, 5:32am 1 Comment

Despite making significant changes to its Buzz social networking service (and apologizing), Google (NSDQ: GOOG) still can’t shake the ire of… Read More »

Responding To Outcry, Google Tweaks Buzz Again

By Joseph Tartakoff Feb. 15, 2010, 12:00pm 1 Comment

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is now working full-force to counteract the privacy backlash that has followed the release of Buzz. Over the weekend the… Read More »

Despite Criticism, Google Won’t Separate Buzz From Gmail

By Joseph Tartakoff Feb. 13, 2010, 5:00am 2 Comments

In its four days of existence, Google’s Buzz has come under attack for exposing information about user’s Gmail contacts on the web. But whil… Read More »

Google Tries To Get Social With ‘Buzz’

By Joseph Tartakoff Feb. 10, 2010, 12:02am Comments Off

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is trying once again to make a social play with the introduction of a new service that makes it easy for users of its pr… Read More »