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A Wall Street Journal article this week details how Google is increasingly moving to maximize profits from the vast amount of personal…
Aug 11, 2010Verizon Communications Inc. and Google Inc. urged U.S. regulators to leave wireless Internet services outside most policies that are designed to prevent…
Aug 10, 2010Proposal Would Let Internet Providers Favor Some Services Smaller Internet companies wouldn't be able to keep pace. "Ultimately, consumers would pay the…
Aug 10, 2010Last year, Consumer Watchdog, a consumer advocacy group based in Southern California, filed a class action lawsuit against DIRECTV over its cancellation policies. Consumer…
Aug 10, 2010A big New York foundation once told me years ago that privacy is the last thing people in the developing world have…
Aug 10, 2010Is Internet Giant’s Technology Being Used to Spy On Americans? WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The FBI and DEA are now making extensive use…
Aug 9, 2010California's new rules let applicants say they're not sure or they can't remember the answer to a health history question. Federal health…
Aug 9, 2010Google Inc. and Verizon Inc. in a joint conference call Monday spoke out against blocking, prioritizing or slowing down wired Internet traffic.…
Aug 9, 2010Illinois regulators will ask lawmakers for the authority to approve or deny health insurance rate increases, saying residents need protection from skyrocketing…
Aug 7, 2010Milo Yiannopoulos Wonders if the Company's Glory Days Are Ancient History Google has admitted to “accidentally” retrieving and storing masses of personal…
Aug 6, 2010The California-based nonprofit Consumer Watchdog made that point in a letter sent Tuesday to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius urging her to reject…
Aug 6, 2010SAN FRANCISCO — Online freedom advocates fear that Google is changing allegiance in the battle to stop Internet service providers from giving…
Aug 5, 2010SANTA MONICA, CA — Google is compromising a long standing principle it claimed to support in an effort to boost profits as…
Aug 5, 2010For years, Mercury Insurance illegally overcharged hundreds of thousands of California drivers hundreds of dollars per year, until they were forced to…
Aug 4, 2010Carmen Balber, director of the Washington office for Consumer Watchdog, an insurance industry critic that has been keeping close tabs on the…
Aug 3, 2010$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…
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