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Justin Kloczko writes about tech, energy and insurance for Consumer Watchdog. He’s covered privacy issues extensively, including data collection, privacy rights and legislation, artificial intelligence, algorithms, and surveillance pricing.
 
He’s a recovering daily newspaper reporter with experience covering local government, education, and the criminal justice system at the Hartford Advocate, Middletown Press, and  Manchester Journal Inquirer. His work has appeared in Vice, Daily Beast, The New Republic, KCRW and Los Angeles Magazine.
 
While covering civil litigation at the Los Angeles Daily Journal he won LA Press Club awards for his stories detailing corruption at the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office and the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power. The stories led to the criminal prosecutions of multiple city officials. Justin also authored The Debaser, an independent newsletter about LA culture and politics that garnered him an appearance on the ABC/Hulu documentary about disgraced plaintiff’s attorney Tom Girardi called “The Housewife and the Hustler.”

CBC-TV – Google Sued Over Privacy Violations In Gmail

A new suit against Google claims their practice of scanning emails, because users "have no legitimate expectation of privacy" and may violate wiretap laws.

My Son’s Life Is Worth More

Since 1975 the value of everything has gone up, except the value of my son’s life under California law.

Bob Pack Is Inducted Into The Consumer Advocates Hall Of Fame

Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court Introduces Citizen Activist Bob Pack As He Is Inducted Into The Consumer Advocates Hall Of Fame at the 2013 Rage For Justice Awards.

Prop 33 Debate, moderated by Conan Nolan

Jamie Court from Consumer Watchdog, and Rachel Hooper (as a paid spokesperson for the Yes side) debate the the real reasons why Prop 33 was put on the ballot.

Subpoena

California gas prices have increased $1.25 in two months, costing Californians hundreds of millions of dollars. Gasoline in California is over a dollar more expensive than the national average. Despite this, oil companies refused to testify at the California Senate Hearing on gas prices in March. California keeps less gasoline on hand than the rest of the nation, and oil companies make huge profits when there are refinery problems and low supply. Only oil company CEOs can explain the true reason for our higher prices, or if Californians are simply being price gouged.

 

How Insurance Reform Lowered Doctors’ Medical Malpractice Rates in California

This report shows how California’s landmark Proposition 103 has lowered Medical Malpractice rates for doctors across the state. It also shows how caps on...

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