Electronic Privacy Information Center says the policy update violates of a 2011 privacy agreement between the agency and the company over its launch of Google Buzz.

The Electronic Privacy Information Center filed a lawsuit in Federal court against the FTC yesterday, hoping to compel the government to enforce a privacy agreement it reached last year with Google. EPIC alleges that Google’s brand new privacy policy, which will allow the search giant to share user data across all of its services, including YouTube, Picasa, Gmail, and even Search, violates its ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A privacy watchdog has filed a federal lawsuit against the Federal Trade Commission in a bid to stop Google from setting a new privacy policy.

A privacy debate raged across the web after a software developer revealed social network Path uploaded users' iPhone contacts to its servers.

SAN FRANCISCO -- A privacy watchdog has filed a federal lawsuit against the Federal Trade Commission in a bid to stop Google Inc. from rolling out its new privacy policy.

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) on Wednesday sued to stop the implementation of Google's upcoming privacy changes, arguing that they are in violation of a recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC) settlement.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A privacy debate surrounding fledgling social network Path went viral this week, triggering discussions on blogs and on Twitter about how far social networks can go in using members' private data. Path was sharply criticized in blogs and social media forums this week after an independent software developer revealed that Path's Apple iPhone application uploaded users ...

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The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Federal Trade Commission over Google's upcoming privacy policy changes, according to a posting on the EPIC site. EPIC says that the new privacy policy is in clear violation of a consent order the company signed with the FTC in March 2011 that was created in reaction to the Google Buzz privacy fiasco. Google's ...

Privacy advocates on Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit aimed at forcing government officials to punish Google over alleged privacy violations. In the complaint, the Electronic Privacy and Information Center said Google’s plans to tie together data of users across services beginning March 1 violates a settlement agreement the company struck with the Federal Trade Commission last summer over a ...