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Twitter Settles Lawsuit, Gets “Tweet” Trademark
Oct 11th
Twitter and Twittad have settled their dispute over the word “tweet,” though Twittad will retain the right to use the tagline, “Let your ad meet tweets.”
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Google Settles FTC Charges Over Buzz, Agrees To 20 Years Of Privacy Audits
Mar 30th
Google has agreed to have independent privacy audits over the next 20 years, to settle an FTC investigation into wrong doing over its Google Buzz product. The FTC has release a statement where Google agreed to allow independent audits of how Google handles privacy controls. After Google Buzz…
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Google Settles & Wins Lawsuit Against ‘Google Cash’ Scammers
Mar 24th
Google has won a $1.6 million settlement against five defendants that it sued in December 2009 over the use of Google’s name in what the company called “a widespread Internet advertising scam.” Today’s decision involves five of the 50 defendants that Google originally sued:…
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Aussie firm settles legal stoush with Apple – ZDNet Australia
Dec 6th
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Aussie firm settles legal stoush with Apple
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Google Settles AdWords Discrimination Complaint in France
Oct 28th
Google has settled with French authorities, promising to overhaul its rules on blocking certain advertisers from buying sponsored links, the New York Times reports.
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G20 agrees to avoid currency war, settles IMF reform – Korea Times
Oct 23rd
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G20 agrees to avoid currency war, settles IMF reform
Korea Times By Cho Jin-seo GYEONGJU – The Group of 20 (G20) nations reached a dramatic deal on Saturday as China, the United States agree to avoid “currency war” and to … G-20 Pledges to Avoid Devaluations in Push to Defuse Global Trade Tensions G-20 to Avoid Competitive Currency Devaluations G-20 Nations Are Divided Over Geithner's Trade Plan |
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Google Settles Buzz Lawsuit for $8.5 Million
Sep 7th
About 7 months ago Google had a lawsuit brought against them by a Florida woman named Eva Hibnick over Google Buzz. Hibnick claimed that Google broke electronic communications laws related to the privacy of its users. Today it was announced that the company decided to pay a huge settlement to the tune of $8.5 million.
Google Buzz has been riddled with criticism from its on-set and has made many changes to their privacy regulations since then. Just a few days after it launched, certain features were tweaked like auto-follow becoming auto-suggest, the ability to hide Buzz from your Gmail account, and it no longer connecting to Reader or Picasa. A few weeks after that, Buzz did a “privacy reset” which had users go through and edit their privacy settings to make them just what they wanted them to be.
Regardless of these changes, Hibnick and her lawyers pressed on with their case. Seven plaintiffs were named in the suit and each of them are said to be receiving about $2,500 each, 30% of the sum will be going to pay lawyers fees and the rest of the money will be donated to organizations that help promote user awareness of Internet privacy. Along with the hefty payout, Google must also do more to educate users about Google Buzz and its impact on their privacy.
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