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Giant Food Stops Sharing Customer Data; Prescription-Marketing Plan Drew Complaints
In response to a deluge of complaints, Giant Food Inc. announced it will no longer send prescription information to a Massachusetts marketing company that tracks customers who don't refill prescriptions.
"The agreement we signed...
"The agreement we signed...
When Private Means Private
Does the average person mind when, after having a prescription filled at the pharmacist, he or she starts getting related junk mail from drug companies to which the pharmacy has passed along his or her name, address and medical...
Prescription Sales, Privacy Fears; CVS, Giant Share Customer Records With Drug Marketing Firm
Using technology in a new way to market drugs, CVS Corp. and Giant Food Inc. are sending confidential prescription information to a Massachusetts company that tracks customers who don't refill prescriptions, a practice that some experts say...
Quackenbush Double-Crosses Consumers on Good Driver Rules
Consumer Group Plans Lawsuit to Invalidate ZIP Code-Based Rating
The Office of the Elected Insurance Commissioner
In 1988, voter approved Proposition 103 made the California Insurance Commissioner an elective post in order to hold the Commissioner accountable to the public. Prior to Prop 103, commissioners were
Quackenbush Proposes Insurance “Jim Crow” Laws
Proposed Regulations Will Lead to Increased Redlining & Discrimination
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