How the Web Will Make Winners and Losers in 2011

A year ago, few expected Angry Birds or Groupon to be among 2010’s stars, but the underlying trends that powered their success were plain enough. So picking individual companies to rise or fall this year isn’t worthwhile. What …

FCC Investigating Google Over Snooping Street View Cars

Federal Communications Commission regulators are investigating Google’s Street View cars and their capture of users’ personal information, from complete email addresses to passwords, an FCC official said Wednesday.
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Google Toolbar Spurs Another Privacy Lawsuit

Google has been slapped with another privacy lawsuit, this time over its toolbar, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. A New York man alleges the toolbar software transmits users’ Internet activity to the company, and misleads people in…

Google Buzz Class Action Settled for $8.5 Million

Google plans to pay out an $8.5 million settlement as part of a privacy class action lawsuit against its Gmail Buzz feature, the Internet giant said Tuesday.
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Google Data-Collection Probe Dropped by FTC Regulators

A Federal Trade Commission probe into Google’s practices related to data collection from its Street View cars has been dropped after the world’s largest search-engine operator made changes to safeguard consumer privacy.
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