Verizon’s wireless, marketing deal with cable firms to be considered at Senate hearing

bribVerizon’s wireless, marketing deal with cable firms to be considered at Senate hearing /b/ibr pA key Senate Judiciary Committee member said Wednesday he is planning a hearing on Verizon’sa target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/verizon-wireless-deal-with-cable-company-cox-includes-cross-promotion/2011/12/16/gIQAUaxEzO_story.html spectrum purchase deal with cable companies that includes a controversial marketing arrangement/a./p pSenator Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.), chairman of the Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights subcommittee, said the hearing will include a review of a cross-marketing agreement between Verizon Wireless and cable firms including Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House. /p a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-tech/post/verizons-wireless-marketing-deal-with-cable-firms-to-be-considered-at-senate-hearing/2012/02/01/gIQArB9ohQ_blog.html?wprss=post-techRead full article /abr clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a target=_blank rel=nofollow style=’font-size: 10px; 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FTC sued over planned Google privacy changes

bribFTC sued over planned Google privacy changes /b/ibr pA privacy advocacy group on Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit against the Federal Trade Commission that targets Google for a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/google-tracks-consumers-across-products-users-cant-opt-out/2012/01/24/gIQArgJHOQ_story.htmlallegedly breaching privacy rules/a./p pThe Electronic Privacy and Information Center said in its complaint that Google’s planned privacy policy changes violate a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-tech/post/ftc-to-announce-settlement-in-major-privacy-matter/2011/03/30/AFxb5j2B_blog.htmla settlement the company reached with the FTC last summer/a. That agreement was struck after federal law enforcement found Google violated privacy laws by exposing Gmail users’ personal information when rolling out its now defunct social networking service, Google Buzz./p a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-tech/post/privacy-group-sues-ftc-to-force-punishments-on-google/2012/02/08/gIQA4HEYzQ_blog.html?wprss=post-techRead full article /abr clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a target=_blank rel=nofollow style=’font-size: 10px; color: maroon;’ href=’http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:f72e4c97d5848a1d25d72715b63ad456:NbhGhNHyYO2ISHp3jqdgupjJyAnTQMSRCpF8exNB1YAl477NGzWfOOrqQcHLn5KN0XMnZPmgYcG2nuk%3D’img border=’0′ title=’Add to Facebook’ alt=’Add to Facebook’ src=’http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/facebook.gif’//a a target=_blank rel=nofollow style=’font-size: 10px; color: maroon;’ href=’http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:7289af70e9f2ff9ab5a313380bf28f2c:HYtZZZ0l2%2B5tT0uD%2B0Pz1KFwzWwaFQAl0wpkiCvXiy%2BU4%2B1BnEi1%2FJFtfWS6a1nY5GMh3ZJe3SyyEHQ%3D’img border=’0′ title=’Add to Twitter’ alt=’Add to Twitter’ src=’http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/twitter.png’//a a target=_blank rel=nofollow style=’font-size: 10px; color: maroon;’ href=’http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:7328fb88dbd1d0d660816421514de858:d%2FWXG3D6bQKfhVYBQwy58Bhn73heof3Y%2Fy8uBaulDyis%2BFAzQlmDz7FIfxhOu8Dwl6CiP761f29zow%3D%3D’img border=’0′ title=’Add to Reddit’ alt=’Add to Reddit’ src=’http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/reddit.png’//a a target=_blank rel=nofollow style=’font-size: 10px; color: maroon;’ href=’http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:72f1e3b7d2b61c954ea2abd7217d722b:n%2Bb2Il2i2zQpObHeoD7QrmM6QxV1T8iMFCw665vappIXmdU9UGTyloRuGlZMRLKqpJARR%2FOUUE7aWSA%3D’img border=’0′ title=’Add to StumbleUpon’ alt=’Add to StumbleUpon’ src=’http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/stumbleit.gif’//a br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=67c798f968cb842412cf050b2d2d4c17p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=67c798f968cb842412cf050b2d2d4c17p=1//a img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://tags.bluekai.com/site/5148/img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://insight.adsrvr.org/track/evnt/?ct=0:8pyu3gzadv=wouzn4vfmt=3/ bria target=_blank href=’http://www.wowmails.com’Source/a: feeds.washingtonpost.com/ibrbribThe Circuit: Google privacy; Commerce Dept. virus; data retention /b/ibr p bLEADING THE DAY:/b a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/article-29/documentation/other-document/files/2012/20120202_letter_google_privacy_policy_en.pdfData protection authorities/a from the European Union have asked Google to delay its new privacy policy while it examines the possible consequences the policy could have on the protection of personal data. 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