UPDATE: With Yahoo's board rejecting Microsoft's $44.6 billion acquisition bid, both companies still face formidable competition in Google. 11-Feb-2008
Commissioners say there's no conflict of interest although their spouses work for a law firm involved in Google's DoubleClick acquisition, which the FTC is reviewing. 14-Dec-2007
Privacy groups are raising new concerns about an apparent conflict of interest in the FTC's investigation of Google's acquisition of DoubleClick. 14-Dec-2007
Federal Trade Commission Chair Deborah Platt Majoras is being asked to recuse herself from a review of Google's planned DoubleClick acquisition. 13-Dec-2007
Two consumer advocacy groups have asked the FTC to investigate whether new MySpace and Facebook advertising programs violate consumer privacy. 15-Nov-2007
Search engine competition on privacy protections is increasing, but the U.S. still needs to adopt a national privacy law, says a research group report. 08-Aug-2007