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Facebook said Wednesday that the private chat messages of users were exposed to other “friends” in their networks today because of a…
May 5, 2010Current Senate Bill Allows Treasury to Preempt State Insurance Laws, Including Capital and Solvency Protections Washington, D.C. -- Financial reform legislation…
May 5, 2010Washington, D.C. -- Consumer Watchdog today called upon the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission to question former Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) Chairman…
May 5, 20103rd Largest Auto Insurer Doesn’t Plan On Telling Customers They Could Face Price Hikes Santa Monica, CA –A letter Mercury Insurance Company…
May 5, 2010Consumer watchdog groups say a draft congressional bill falls short of its proclaimed intention of protecting the privacy of consumers using the…
May 4, 2010“Prop 17’s sponsor, Mercury Insurance, has launched its ad blitz the same way it launched its campaign, with deception aimed at covering…
May 4, 2010Consumer and privacy groups call the draft bill weak on privacy The bill would put into law a weak privacy practice pervasive…
May 4, 2010Meanwhile, privacy advocates argue that the bill's exemption for "operational" collection of data--allowing those practices to take place under an "opt-out" rule--gives…
May 4, 2010Privacy advocates and business groups drew early battle lines on Tuesday in the debate over a new bill to rein in Web…
May 4, 2010The quest for comprehensive, federal privacy legislation has been on many a lawmakers’ wish list for years, and two House members took…
May 4, 2010WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Warning that "tracking and targeting of consumers online have reached alarming levels," a coalition of 11 consumer and privacy…
May 3, 2010With behavioural targeting and privacy becoming hot internet issues, a coalition of consumer and privacy advocacy groups is taking their fight for…
May 3, 2010The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has suffered a blow in its effort to protect a key patent for embryonic stem cell technology.…
May 3, 2010The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Board of Appeals and Interference has reversed an earlier decision from the Patent Office's re-examination division…
May 3, 2010The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ruled Wednesday in favor of the two consumer groups that challenged one of the patents held…
May 3, 2010Local Researchers Applaud Decision The decision is good news for medical researchers, especially in California, said Jeanne Loring, a prominent stem cell…
May 3, 2010Political grandstanding comes with the territory in Sacramento. But the line between government service and career advancement is ever blurrier as legislators…
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