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Protesters focus on privacy outside Google meeting
Protests outside Google's shareholders meeting in Mountain View took on a circus-like look Thursday afternoon. Mimes dressed in track suits followed shareholders…
Jun 25, 2012
Video
Google Track Team Greets Investors At Annual Shareholder’s Meeting
Consumer Watchdog's Privacy Policy Campaign brought their "Google Track Team" of mimes to "spy" on investors as they arrived for Google's annual…
Jun 21, 2012
Privacy
Congress Needs to Search for Google Transparency
Originally posted on 6.18.2012 on POLITICO. You can view it here. A billionaire media mogul is forced to take responsibility after his…
Jun 19, 2012
Consumer, Privacy, Health, Child Groups: Facebook Space for Preteens Must Protect Privacy, Be Ad-Free and Marketing-free
WASHINGTON – In a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, a coalition of consumer, privacy, health and child advocacy groups called on…
Jun 18, 2012
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Class-action lawsuit filed against Blue Shield
A class-action lawsuit has been filed by Consumer Watchdog against Blue Shield over the shutdown of health insurance plans. Customers who are…
Jun 14, 2012
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Blue Shield’s “Death Spiral” Scheme Brings Class Action Lawsuit Against Them
On the morning of June 13, 2012, Consumer Watchdog announced a lawsuit against Blue Shield of California for abuses by the company…
Jun 13, 2012
Insurance
Blue Shield CEO Surrenders
The long time CEO of Blue Shield Bruce Bodaken resigned today after a multi-year battle with us over disclosure of his $4.6…
May 23, 2012
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800,000 Signatures Submitted To Make Health Insurers Justify Their Rates
Fed up with the endless rate hikes health insurers in California impose on them, over 800,000 Californians signed the petition to put…
May 21, 2012
Privacy
Consumer Watchdog Counters Google’s FOIA Objections in FCC Wi-Spy Probe
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today countered Google’s objections to the Federal Communications Commission’s release of detailed documents about the Commission’s…
May 17, 2012
Insurance
Sign Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace…Regulate Health Insurance Rates
Next week we will be turning in the signatures for our ballot petition to force health insurance companies to justify their rates…
May 12, 2012
Insurance
The Marie Antoinette Of Health Insurance & How To Dethrone Her
Two years ago, as federal health reform lay on death’s door, CEO Angela Braly, head of Blue Cross’s parent company Wellpoint, spit…
May 7, 2012
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Consumer Watchdog Campaign: The Preview Insurance Executives Don’t Want You To See.
One million Californians will be slammed today with health insurance rate hikes as high as 20%. Consumer Watchdog Campaign has a solution.…
May 1, 2012
Insurance
Stand with the May Million to Stop Unjust Rate Hikes
In just one week, ONE MILLION Californians will have their health care rates unceremoniously hiked by up to 20%. For many of…
Apr 24, 2012
Insurance
Are you one of the May Million too?
My name is Laurel Kaufer and I’m a Consumer Watchdog member. I am also one of the one million Californians who will…
Apr 23, 2012