Google Files Suit Against SEO Firm Accused Of Robocalling, Launches Complaint Center For Users
http://searchengineland.com/google-files-suit-against-seo-firm-accused-of-robocalling-launches-complaint-center-for-users-230796 In its first legal move to combat robocallers claiming to work for or with the company, Google My Business Operations Manager Brad Wetherall, announced in a blog post that "today we're filing an action in California against one search engine optimization company for making these robocalls and confusing our users." The name of the firm had not been released at the time of publication, but will be updated here when available. Google also launched a new Safety Center page on Wednesday for users who receive robocalls from companies purporting to be affiliated with the search giant. The page explains steps users should take to protect themselves from further calls and links to a report the callers to Google as well as the FTC or FCC. - - - Excellent news! Kudos to the involved teams and to Google overall for taking these actions. Note that the URL for reporting scam calls in this article (at least right now) appears to be bad. Here's one that works: https://support.google.com/business/contact/rbc_form And here's Google's official blog post: http://googleandyourbusiness.blogspot.com/2015/09/protecting-people-from-illegal-robocalls.html --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
