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$1 Million Grant Would Bolster Industry-favored Schwarzenegger Plan, Help Kill Actual Regulation of Insurance Companies Washington, DC -- Consumer Watchdog today asked…
Aug 3, 2010Investors at the CIA and Google are backing a company called "Recorded Future" that monitors tens of thousands of websites, blogs and…
Jul 30, 2010As an Aug. 31 deadline nears, state lawmakers haggle over how difficult it should be for companies to significantly raise premiums. Consumer…
Jul 30, 2010If Californians Have to Buy Health Insurance, Insurers Have to Be Regulated, Says Watchdog’s Letter to Gov. Santa Monica, CA -- Consumer…
Jul 30, 2010Despite years of concern about crowded emergency rooms, many California hospitals have embarked on aggressively courting patients to their ERs – a…
Jul 29, 2010According to a new poll from Consumer Watchdog a major part of Americans are very concerned about the privacy issues arousing from…
Jul 29, 2010Web consumers are concerned about Google's collection of data over wireless networks, but still give the search engine and Web services provider…
Jul 28, 2010The three-hour hearing on Online Consumer Privacy has just come to a close, but unfortunately nothing substantive has emerged. Senators asked the…
Jul 27, 2010Google Privacy Engineering Lead Dr. Alma Whitten told the Committee that the company was "conducting investigations" into why its Street View cars…
Jul 27, 2010Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz endorsed an opt-in framework for privacy policies on the internet over an opt-out one in response…
Jul 27, 2010Americans Favor Broad Range Of Online Privacy Protections for Consumers SANTA MONICA, CA -- A significant majority of Americans are troubled by…
Jul 27, 2010Today I will be liveblogging the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing on Consumer Online Privacy. It is the first hearing…
Jul 27, 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, 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…
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