Privacy
Consumer Watchdog Hopes To Lick Google
The 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
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Insurance
Health insurance rate hikes cry out for regulation
Janet Adamy in the Wall Street Journal reports (subscription necessary) that health insurers across the country are using the health reform law…
Sep 8, 2010
Energy
Oil Watchdog: Nigeria = Mexico?
Mexico’s huge national oil company, Pemex, has shut down a large chunk of its natural gas fields because of the apparent kidnapping…
Sep 8, 2010
Privacy
Online views soar in overwhelming response to Inside Google video
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, 2010
Privacy
Google settles ‘Buzz’ suit; Texas opens antitrust probe
There were two major legal developments Friday involving Internet giant Google as the nation focused its attention on the long Labor Day…
Sep 7, 2010
Privacy
Times Square Video Pokes Google On Privacy
Consumer 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, 2010
Privacy
Raising hell, not raising money is what middle class needs from American Labor
The problem with American politics is that there is too much focus on raising money and too little on raising hell. The…
Sep 6, 2010
Video
Google: Don’t Be Evil?
Do you want Google or any other online company looking over your shoulder and tracking your every move online just so it…
Sep 2, 2010
Healthcare
Yep, employer healthcare costs more, and it’s employees paying for it
Corporations are shoving all of the increased cost of worker healthcare, and more, onto their employees, says a new study. And that's…
Sep 2, 2010
Privacy
Video Mocks Google’s Privacy Practices
Consumer Watchdog has launched a rather unique effort in its bid to highlight its concerns over Google's privacy policies and to push…
Sep 2, 2010
Privacy
Taking the “Do Not Track Me” fight to Google in Times Square
Consumer Watchdog is satirizing Google CEO Eric Schmidt in the most highly-trafficked public square in the nation to make the public aware…
Sep 2, 2010
Energy
Oil Watchdog: Oops, there’s oil on the water after all *(or not)
The new oil platform fire or explosion in the Gulf of Mexico looks minor in comparison to the BP spill, but there…
Sep 2, 2010Consumer Watchdog Takes “Do Not Track Me” Campaign to Times Square With Animated Video Targeting Google CEO’s Lack of Respect For Privacy
SANTA 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, 2010Resist Corporate, Insurer ‘Blackmail’ Demands to Exempt Junk Insurance From Health Law, Group Tells White House
Insurers, Employers Threaten to Drop Low-Benefit Employee Insurance If $750,000 Annual Benefit Limit Is Enforced Washington, DC — Americans were promised…
Sep 2, 2010
Insurance
Will ‘progressives’ let middle class burn to prove their point?
When Anthem Blue Cross announced its controversial premium increases in California recently, the insurer claimed, "a carrier must be able to receive…
Aug 30, 2010Anthem Blue Cross Defense of Recent Rate Hikes Codified In New Sen. Leno Bill
Actuarial Soundness” Defense Protects Insurers At Expense of Rate Regulation, Consumer Watchdog Says Los Angeles, CA -- Anthem Blue Cross’s defense of…
Aug 30, 2010
Privacy
Google facing close DOJ scrutiny on ITA
Despite what the spinmeisters over at Google's Public Policy Blog would have you believe, the Internet giant is facing tough...
Aug 28, 2010
Insurance
New rates at Blue Cross are a meager victory
At the shoe store, 40% off qualifies as at least pretty good. So why does regulators' approval of new, lower rates by…
Aug 25, 2010