Privacy
Sniffing in StreetView’s Tracks
Consumer Watchdog, which has emerged as one of the main anti-Google agitators, decided to follow in the tracks of the StreetView cars…
Jul 8, 2010Consumer Watchdog
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Privacy
Consumer Watchdog Wades Into ‘SpyFi’ Fiasco
COULD GOOGLE SPY-FI SNIFF OUT LAWMAKERS? Maybe, stresses Consumer Watchdog, a longtime, vocal Google critic. The group plans to make the case…
Jul 8, 2010Google WiSpying Hit Congress; National Security Data Could Have Been Gathered
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Google’s WiSpy snooping could have sucked up and recorded communications from members of Congress, some of whom are involved…
Jul 8, 2010
Video
Mike Farrell is introduced by Robert Greenwald at the 2007 Rage For Justice Awards
Mike Farrell is introduced by Robert Greenwald at the 2007 Rage For Justice Awards
Jul 7, 2010
Video
Mike Farrell accepts Consumer Watchdog’s 2007 Citizen Activist Award
Mike Farrell accepts Consumer Watchdog's 2007 Citizen Activist Award at the Rage For Justice Awards
Jul 7, 2010
Video
Sheila Kuehl is introduced by Rose Ann DeMoro at Consumer Watchdog’s 2009 Rage for Justice Awards
Sheila Kuehl is introduced by Rose Ann DeMoro at Consumer Watchdog's 2009 Rage for Justice Awards
Jul 7, 2010
Video
Sheila Kuehl accepts Consumer Watchdog’s 2009 Public Servant Award
Sheila Kuehl accepts Consumer Watchdog's 2009 Public Servant Award at the Rage For Justice Awards
Jul 7, 2010
Insurance
Applicants Dismayed as Minor Medical Conditions Lead to Insurance Denials or Big Hike in Premiums
People have been rejected for such common conditions as acne and high blood pressure, said Judy Dugan, research director for Consumer Watchdog.…
Jul 4, 2010
Privacy
Comcast to Raise Rates in Northern California
Comcast said Friday that it will raise the price of cable TV and Internet service for most of its 2.3 million customers…
Jul 2, 2010
Energy
Myriad of Challenges Lie Ahead For CFPB
Agency must provide outline of authority, merge lending laws Carmen Balber, Washington director of Consumer Watchdog, said the recent credit card law…
Jul 2, 2010
Insurance
“Trust us” not good enough for health insurance rates
After meeting with health insurance executives two weeks ago, President Obama reiterated an oft repeated promise: "The CEOs here today need to…
Jul 1, 2010
Energy
Wrapping up
As Angelides pounds the gavel and adjourns the hearing, there is one question that is yet to be resolved amongst the Commission:…
Jul 1, 2010
Insurance
Liveblog: CDS- Misunderstanding?
Commissioner Peter Wallison is suggesting that Credit Default Swaps are not inherently problematic. We just don't understand the underlying principles, he tells…
Jul 1, 2010
Insurance
Health Insurer Now Seeks 14 Pct Calif. Rate Hike
Anthem Blue Cross has become a poster child for stricter premium regulation, said Jamie Court, president of Consumer Watchdog, a group based…
Jul 1, 2010
Insurance
Liveblog: Too big to recognize?
Eric Dinallo, former Superintendent of the NYS Insurance Department, points out to Commissioner Keith Hennessey that AIG FP was in large part…
Jul 1, 2010
Energy
The Curious Case of Karen Bass
How a dedicated community organizer becomes an insulated, perk-oriented politician More recently, Bass' staff made the news for taking from oil…
Jul 1, 2010
Energy
Liveblog: Did OTS fail?
In Session 2 so far, a lot of the questioning has been directed at the structural deficiencies of regulatory agencies. One large…
Jul 1, 2010
Insurance
Anthem Blue Cross Seeks to Raise Rates Up to 20%
After taking heat for proposing to raise insurance rates as high as 39 percent, Anthem Blue Cross proposed rates Wednesday that would…
Jul 1, 2010