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Amidst a surge in governmental requests for private user data, Google’s openness effort is lagging, as the release of Google's second transparency…
Sep 22, 2010In November of 2009, Hartford Insurance submitted an application for a 6.9% rate increase to the California Department of Insurance. Consumer Watchdog…
Sep 22, 2010Google Instant is not for me. When I search, I don’t want Google to know where I am or what I like…
Sep 20, 2010And all this "mad" talk isn't confined to the right side of the political arena. Liberal commentator Jamie Court is "mad as…
Sep 19, 2010In the same vein as the popular Do Not Call list, privacy advocates would like a Do Not Track that would allow…
Sep 17, 2010This video tells the moving story of how one woman took on the junk health insurance industry with the power of her…
Sep 16, 2010SANTA MONICA, CA -- The consumer group that recently launched a popular online animated satire of Google’s privacy problems embodied in an…
Sep 16, 2010California-based Consumer Watchdog wrote to President Obama on Tuesday urging him to use the powers of his office to get tough on…
Sep 14, 2010SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today invited Google to participate in a conference, “Google, The Internet And The Future,” that the…
Sep 14, 2010Washington, DC – The California consumer group that pioneered the nation's toughest property casualty insurance regulation called on President Obama today to…
Sep 14, 2010On Thursday, Consumer Watchdog complained about the ad rejection in an open letter published on its site, and a Google representative confirmed…
Sep 10, 2010SANTA MONICA, CA -- New comments by Google CEO Eric Schmidt in Berlin show the top executive of the Internet giant fails…
Sep 9, 2010An anti-Google video is running on a billboard in Times Square, criticizing the search company on privacy issues. The 15-second cartoon depicts…
Sep 8, 2010Made wary by the Google Wi-Fi scandal, privacy advocates are concerned. Part of the problem is that there's so little public awareness…
Sep 8, 2010The animated creation portrays Google CEO Eric Schmidt as a creepy old dude riding around in an ice cream truck offering up…
Sep 8, 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, 2010Do you want Google or any other online company looking over your shoulder and tracking your every move online just so it…
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…
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