Fahad HMay 1, 20181 min readHooray! Google My Business descriptions are backGoogle My Business (GMB) recently brought back the business description field, which has caused those of us working in the local search...
Fahad HNov 12, 20153 min readVirgin America Lets Prospects “Test Drive” Their Airplane Seat Via Google Street View AnWe’ve all seen criticisms of fast food marketing campaigns that feature photos of super-styled delicious-looking menu items — photos that...
Fahad HSep 3, 20151 min readGoogle Launches Stand-Alone Street View App For iOS And AndroidGoogle’s Street View has been somewhat challenged in the transition to a mobile-centric world. It’s available through the Google Maps and...
Fahad HFeb 4, 20152 min readApple-Linked Van: Self-Driving Car Or Street View Competitor?A mystery minivan linked to Apple (though not conclusively) has been seen driving around the streets of Contra Costa County in the San...
Fahad HApr 2, 20143 min readGoogle Takes “SpyView” Wiretapping Appeal To SCOTUSseeks US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) review of a US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision, which affirmed a lower court denial of Google’s...
Fahad HSep 11, 20132 min readAppeals Court Blocks Google Effort To Exit “SpyView” Caseaffirmed a lower court ruling denying Google’s motion to dismiss a class action brought after the 2010 Street View private “payload data”...
Fahad HJun 21, 20132 min readGoogle Has 35 Days To Delete UK “SpyView” Data Or Face “Criminal Action”Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has served notice that Google must destroy personal information obtained from its Street View...
Fahad HJul 27, 20122 min readWhoops: Google Admits It Still Has Some WiFi Payload Data Collected Via Street View CarsGoogle’s collection of such data has sparked numerous governmental investigations around the world — some of which are still in progress....
Fahad HJun 12, 20121 min readUK Privacy Regulator Reopens “Wi-Spy” Investigation Because Of FCC Findings Of IntentionThe original 2010 investigation was closed without any penalty being assessed against Google. But the subsequent finding of intentional...
Fahad HJun 11, 20122 min readGoogle Compromises End Street View Litigation In Switz, Book Suit In FranceThat requirement was seen as a threat to Google’s ability to continue to operate Street View in Switzerland — because it could only blur...
Fahad HMay 29, 20122 min readUK, Australia May Reopen Street View Privacy Probes After FCC Reportasserted that the personal data collected was not inadvertent but intentional. Privacy regulators in both the UK and Australia are now...
Fahad HMay 1, 20122 min readIdentity Of “Wi-Spy” Google Engineer Revealed In Scandal That Won’t Go Awayan unredacted copy of the recent FCC report on the matter has done the opposite. It showed that the capture of a broad array of “consumer...
Fahad HApr 30, 20123 min readUnredacted FCC Report Shows Google’s “Wi-Spy” Consumer Data Capture Was Intentionareleased a document that asserted Google had obstructed its investigation into whether Street View WiFi mapping and related consumer...
Fahad HApr 27, 20121 min readGoogle Street View “Wi-Spy” Investigation Closed With $25,000 Penaltyreports that the Street View WiFi eavesdropping investigation by the US Federal Communication Commission (FCC) against Google has now...
Fahad HApr 15, 20124 min readFCC Clears Google Over Wifi Eavesdropping But Fines It $25,000 For “Noncompliance” With The StreetView Wifi Eavesdropping In 2010, it was discovered that Google’s Street View cars were doing more than just taking pictures....
