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Response to our video "Don't Be Evil?" lampooning Google and its CEO Eric Schmidt's attitude toward privacy has been overwhelming since we…
Sep 7, 2010There were two major legal developments Friday involving Internet giant Google as the nation focused its attention on the long Labor Day…
Sep 7, 2010Consumer Watchdog has launched a 540-square-foot animated advertisement that mocks Google's privacy practices by depicting Google chief executive Eric Schmidt using an…
Sep 7, 2010The problem with American politics is that there is too much focus on raising money and too little on raising hell. The…
Sep 6, 2010Do you want Google or any other online company looking over your shoulder and tracking your every move online just so it…
Sep 2, 2010Corporations are shoving all of the increased cost of worker healthcare, and more, onto their employees, says a new study. And that's…
Sep 2, 2010Consumer Watchdog has launched a rather unique effort in its bid to highlight its concerns over Google's privacy policies and to push…
Sep 2, 2010Consumer Watchdog is satirizing Google CEO Eric Schmidt in the most highly-trafficked public square in the nation to make the public aware…
Sep 2, 2010The new oil platform fire or explosion in the Gulf of Mexico looks minor in comparison to the BP spill, but there…
Sep 2, 2010SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog’s InsideGoogle.com has taken its online privacy campaign to New York’s Times Square, where it has purchased…
Sep 2, 2010Insurers, Employers Threaten to Drop Low-Benefit Employee Insurance If $750,000 Annual Benefit Limit Is Enforced Washington, DC — Americans were promised…
Sep 2, 2010When Anthem Blue Cross announced its controversial premium increases in California recently, the insurer claimed, "a carrier must be able to receive…
Aug 30, 2010Actuarial Soundness” Defense Protects Insurers At Expense of Rate Regulation, Consumer Watchdog Says Los Angeles, CA -- Anthem Blue Cross’s defense of…
Aug 30, 2010Despite what the spinmeisters over at Google's Public Policy Blog would have you believe, the Internet giant is facing tough...
Aug 28, 2010At the shoe store, 40% off qualifies as at least pretty good. So why does regulators' approval of new, lower rates by…
Aug 25, 2010In August 2008, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company submitted applications to the California Department of Insurance for a rate increase of 4% and…
Aug 25, 2010Wouldn't it be great if we could all deduct our federal income and investment taxes from next year's income? And if we…
Aug 19, 2010The worst definitely didn't happen in Seattle. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners deferred the worst insurance industry demands for weakening the…
Aug 17, 2010