Privacy
‘Mad As Hell’: Behind a Political-Season Refrain
And all this "mad" talk isn't confined to the right side of the political arena. Liberal commentator Jamie Court is "mad as…
Sep 19, 2010Consumer Watchdog
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Privacy
Dear Google: Do Not Track Me
In the same vein as the popular Do Not Call list, privacy advocates would like a Do Not Track that would allow…
Sep 17, 2010
Video
Raising Hell U – Dana Vs Goliath
This video tells the moving story of how one woman took on the junk health insurance industry with the power of her…
Sep 16, 2010
Energy
Oil Watchdog: Big Oil’s “jobs” echo chamber
It’s amazing how oil companies stay so completely on message. The American Petroleum Institute, the oil industry mouthpiece, is pushing the same…
Sep 16, 2010
Energy
Oil Watchdog: Oil industry gusher: lobbying expenses
Did you ever find yourself a little overbooked, wondering how you can be at two or three places at once? Well, that’s…
Sep 16, 2010Google Engineer’s Privacy Problems Should Spur Internet Giant To Answer 4 Key Questions About Users’ Privacy, Consumer Watchdog Says
SANTA MONICA, CA -- The consumer group that recently launched a popular online animated satire of Google’s privacy problems embodied in an…
Sep 16, 2010
Energy
Mad as hell, but don’t want to join the Tea Party?
The Tea Party is on a roll with its upset Senate primary victory in Delaware. If the rest of us don't start…
Sep 15, 2010
Energy
Oil Watchdog: Natural gas — Not safe, and not all that green
The way natural gas promoters talk about their pet fuel, you’d think it was green as clover and safe as baby oil.…
Sep 15, 2010
Insurance
Consumer Group Calls for State Ballot Initiatives to Rein in Premium Hikes
California-based Consumer Watchdog wrote to President Obama on Tuesday urging him to use the powers of his office to get tough on…
Sep 14, 2010Consumer Watchdog Invites Google To Participate In Internet Policy Conference
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today invited Google to participate in a conference, “Google, The Internet And The Future,” that the…
Sep 14, 2010Consumer Watchdog To Obama: Use Regulatory And State Ballot Measures If You Don’t Want Health Insurers To Play Politics With Lives Via Rate Hikes
Washington, DC – The California consumer group that pioneered the nation's toughest property casualty insurance regulation called on President Obama today to…
Sep 14, 2010
Insurance
‘Going bare’ after a 40% health insurance hike
Karen Ignagni, president of the health insurance industry's lobbying front AHIP, last week laid a portion of the the blame for a…
Sep 13, 2010
Privacy
Google Rejects, Then Approves, Anti-Google Ads
On Thursday, Consumer Watchdog complained about the ad rejection in an open letter published on its site, and a Google representative confirmed…
Sep 10, 2010
Insurance
Insurers’ naked greed triggers White House response
A message Thursday from Health and Human Services chief Kathleen Sebelius is unusual not just for its tough language toward health insurers,…
Sep 10, 2010Consumer Watchdog To Google CEO: Berlin Comments At Odds With Personal Privacy And Orwellian; Search Ads For Animation Critical Of Google Should Be Seen On Google
SANTA MONICA, CA -- New comments by Google CEO Eric Schmidt in Berlin show the top executive of the Internet giant fails…
Sep 9, 2010
Insurance
Top lobbyist Karen Ignagni pleads for insurers’ freedom–to charge whatever they want
If you believe that health insurance companies will really go broke if they don't get 20% premium increases during a deep recession,…
Sep 8, 2010
Privacy
Anti-Google Video Ad On Privacy Running In Times Square
An 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, 2010
Privacy
After Google Incident, Wi-Fi Data Collection Goes On
Made 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, 2010