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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, 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…
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, 2010Actuarial Soundness” Defense Protects Insurers At Expense of Rate Regulation, Consumer Watchdog Says Los Angeles, CA -- Anthem Blue Cross’s defense of…
Aug 30, 2010In August 2008, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company submitted applications to the California Department of Insurance for a rate increase of 4% and…
Aug 25, 2010The $1-million grants, which went to all but five states, will help many expand public access to information about rate hikes and…
Aug 17, 2010Insurance Commissioners and Obama Administration Must Resist More Weakening of Curbs on Industry Overhead and Profit, Says Consumer Watchdog Seattle, WA --The…
Aug 16, 2010OLDWICK, N.J. -- Certain life insurance agents and broker-dealer firms could face increased legal liability depending on how the U.S. Securities &…
Aug 16, 2010As part of ObamaCare, the federal government will impose strict new spending rules on health insurers. How it does so could have…
Aug 16, 2010The nonprofit group Consumer Watchdog is seeking to determine the extent of the FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration's use of Google Earth…
Aug 14, 2010Insurers and employers say a generous waiver process is needed to avoid a sudden jump in premiums. But patient advocates, such as…
Aug 13, 2010Washington, DC – Consumer Watchdog called on the Obama Administration to adopt new regulations requiring broad financial disclosures by health insurance companies…
Aug 13, 2010Consumer advocates urged the Obama administration Thursday to investigate what they called an effort by large for-profit insurance companies to slash spending…
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