How Google Perceives Customer Privacy, Cyber, E-Commerce, Political and Regulatory Compliance Risks

Abstract

By now, almost every business has an Internet presence. What are the major risks perceived by those engaged in the universe of Internet businesses? What potential risks, if they become reality, may cause substantial increases in operating costs or threaten the very survival of the enterprise? This Article discusses the relevant annual report disclosures from Alphabet, Inc. (parent of Google), along with other Google documents, as a potentially powerful teaching device. Most of the descriptive language to follow is excerpted directly from Alphabet's (Google) regulatory filings. My additions about these entities include weaving their disclosure materials into a logical presentation and providing supplemental sources for those who desire a deeper look (usually in my footnotes) at any particular aspect. I have sought to present a roadmap with these materials that shows Google's struggle to optimize their business performance while navigating through a complicated maze of regulatory compliance concerns and issues involving governmental jurisdictions throughout the world. International cybercrime and risk issues follow, with an examination of anti-money laundering, counterterrorist, and other potential illegal activity laws. The value proposition offered here is disarmingly simpleat no out-of-pocket cost, the reader has an opportunity to invest probably just a few hours to read and reflect upon the Alphabet,

Googling for Abortion: Search Engine Mediation of Abortion Accessibility in the United States

“…Although social media is attracting more attention in terms of regulation (Mackey & Liang, 2013), search engines are a primary tool for finding local businesses online (Google, 2014). Search engines, which are receiving increased legal attention at national and international levels for how they curate online information (Grasser, 2005;Noble, 2018;Trautman, 2017), may benefit from further engagement with public health institutions and researchers to monitor t (Pariser, 2011) that is often invoked in the political sphere, sometimes specifically in regard to Google Search (Robertson et al, 2018), can similarly be applied to the health domain (Holone, 2016). The potential reinforcement of healthcare access inequality by the search engines may fall into the larger topic of algorithmic fairness, a topic discussed by Virginia Eubanks -Tec (Eubanks, 2017) .…”