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Today I will be liveblogging the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing on Consumer Online Privacy. It is the first hearing…
Jul 27, 2010Google has blown the deadline to move the City of Los Angeles‘ email system and other applications to the Internet Giant’s highly…
Jul 26, 2010At the hearing, a consumer watchdog testified that he believed the White House was too cozy with Google, and the company’s lobbying…
Jul 23, 2010Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va, chairman of the Communications,...
Jul 23, 2010I flew back to Los Angeles this week to touch base with colleagues in CW's Santa Monica...
Jul 22, 2010Has search and advertising giant Google been tracking you just to sell you stuff -- or is it because the U.S. government…
Jul 22, 2010Consumer Watchdog, a group that has been critical of Google on multiple fronts, praised the state effort but again urged Congress to…
Jul 21, 2010This past quarter, Google spent $1.34 million on Washington lobbyists, an increase of 41% over last year’s spending during the same period.…
Jul 21, 2010Santa Monica, CA -- Consumer Watchdog today praised a group of 37 state attorneys general for seeking to get to the bottom…
Jul 21, 2010WASHINGTON, DC — Google spent $1.34 million trying to influence federal lawmakers and regulators in the second quarter of 2010, a 41…
Jul 21, 2010Health-care Overhaul May Threaten Popular Disease Management Programs Even supporters of disease management programs worry that the rules being drafted will prove…
Jul 20, 2010Walker saved almost $100,000 on his heart surgery. But Judy Dugan of Consumer Watchdog say there's no way to know how safe…
Jul 20, 2010Internet service providers cite e-mails between onetime Google executive Andrew McLaughlin, who now works for the White House, and his former colleagues…
Jul 19, 2010Reporting requirements will give consumers more details on loans, mortgages. It may be quite a while before consumers feel the effects of…
Jul 19, 2010OLDWICK, N.J. --Since the passage of U.S. health care reform, battles have erupted in some states between insurance commissioners and health insurers…
Jul 19, 2010The controversy surrounding Google's street view car's practice of collecting personal data off open broadband wireless networks just got more controversial. Turns…
Jul 16, 2010Obama Plans to Sign Measure; GOP Leader Vows Repeal Try Both banking groups and their consumer and labor adversaries vowed to keep…
Jul 16, 2010Washington, D.C. – Consumer Watchdog applauded final Congressional passage today of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which now heads…
Jul 15, 2010