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Group sues over Google privacy policy changes

Activist group the Electronic Privacy Information Centre (EPIC) have filed a lawsuit against the Federal Trade Commission in an effort to prevent Google from updating its privacy policy on 1 March. By filing suit, EPIC hopes to force the FTC to prevent Google from implementing its new privacy policy, which will give Mountain View the ability to ‘combine personal information’ across the majority of its services. “Google’s announced changes to business practices will make it possible for advertisers to gain access to personal information which was previously unavailable to them,” EPIC said in its filing. Google entered into a settlement agreement with the FTC in 2011 over similar privacy charges relating to Google Buzz – as a result of the settlement, an independent professional will provide regular reports on Google’s privacy practices for the next 20 years. In response, Google has said EPIC’s lawsuit is misinterpreting the facts. “We take privacy very seriously,” a Google representative told CNET

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Google home page gets a makeover

A new year, a new look for Google’s home page. In a bid to simplify the page and improve user experience, the titans of search are rolling out one of the biggest home page changes to date. The revamp takes away the black bar that currently runs horizontally across the top of the Google home page and replaces it with a grey logo. When a user clicks or highlights the new logo, a drop-down menu appears offering seven alternative services to the site’s search page, such as Gmail and YouTube. Experts are speculating the change was designed to promote more of Google’s businesses while still maintaining its preferred uncluttered and plain minimalist front page. A spokesperson for Google said that the roll-out was also designed to improve user-experience

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E-Mail Marketer Study Conducted

A new study indicates that twenty percent of top brand marketers sent additional emails to subscribers after confirming an unsubscribe request, a violation of the federal CAN-SPAM Act.

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SEMPO Presents at Microsoft Event

The federal government’s official search engine, USASearch.gov, has launched a newly enhanced program, offering free search capabilities to all web sites, within the realm of the federal, state, local, tribal and territorial government arena.

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USASearch.gov Launches New Services

Offering free search capabilities to all government web sites, the federal government’s official search engine, USASearch.gov, has launched a newly enhanced program.

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Google Intends Involvement in FCC Consumer Choice

Information that if and when the Federal Communications Commission adopts a framework requiring greater competition and consumer choice, Google intends to participate in the federal government coalition’s upcoming auction of wireless spectrum, in the 700 megahertz (MHz) band, has been issued by the search engine.

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