Google commissioned a third-party investigation of its data collection.

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That is why a third party report was commissioned by the Trust to independently investigate Mr Gulzar Mufti's concerns.

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Among the findings of the extensive (and expensive) opinion research that was commissioned personally by Lord Ashcroft, a former party treasurer, before and immediately after the last election, two stand out.

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"We face a very real risk of seeing the democratically accountable policing of computer-assisted crime replaced by a combination of vigilante action and the covert privatisation of legitimate investigation, " said Philip Virgo, Secretary General of EURIM, the all-party e-commerce lobby group which commissioned the study.

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Last month, the STB commissioned a study of competition in the freight rail industry by a third-party research firm, Wisconsin-based Christensen Associates.

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The concierge ordered floral arrangements for centerpieces, decorated the restaurant with golf-themed library books, commissioned a cake (topped with a picture of the student as a child) and created bookmark party favors with yet more childhood photos.

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Mughniyyeh is usually referred to as a member of Hezbollah's security apparatus but his relationship with the Party of God is possibly looser than that, more in the form of a freelancer who gets commissioned by various parties with the same aims.

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