Privacy
Steve Jobs blasts Google’s ‘Don’t be evil’ motto
The tech blogosphere is buzzing with Apple CEO Steve Jobs' assessment of Google's...
Feb 2, 2010Consumer Watchdog
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Safeco Insurance Company Seeks Second California Homeowners’ Insurance Rate Hike Within Year
Consumer Watchdog Calls on Commissioner Poizner to Protect 230,000 California Homeowners from Safeco's Greed Santa Monica, CA – Consumer Watchdog has…
Feb 1, 2010
Insurance
California Low Cost Auto insurance Program Surged Amid Recession, Outreach
SACRAMENTO, CA -- Enrollment in the California Low Cost Automobile Insurance Program surged 18.9% in 2009 due to the poor economy and…
Feb 1, 2010Letter to DC Leaders Warns Against “Fallback” Health Reforms As Trojan Horses for Insurers
Consumer Watchdog Also Releases Dozen 'Better Than Nothing' Reforms To Curb Insurance Abuses, Aid States Washington, D.C. -- Consumer Watchdog issued…
Feb 1, 2010
Privacy
FTC focusing on online privacy concerns
Online privacy protection for consumers has been built around the idea of "notice and choice" but it was clear to me at…
Jan 30, 2010
Privacy
Google E-Book Bid Still Under Fire
Google's bid to secure the digital rights to millions of books remains under attack from rivals and other critics trying to block…
Jan 29, 2010
Privacy
Last-Minute Objections Filed To Google Book Settlement
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Critics of the revised legal settlement with US authors and publishers that would allow Google to scan and sell…
Jan 29, 2010
Insurance
GeoVera Boosts Earthquake Insurance Premiums
Todd Foreman of Consumerwatchdog.org says his organization, based in Santa Monica, has received complaints from GeoVera customers in Southern California whose rates…
Jan 28, 2010
Privacy
Groups File Briefs In Google Books Case
Consumer Watchdog urged the court to reject the settlement, saying it's anticompetitive and violates U.S. and international law. "This scheme acts to…
Jan 28, 2010Consumer Watchdog Urges Court To Reject Amended Google Books Deal
Brief Argues Books Settlement Continues Steal From Absent Class Members, Remains Anti-Competitive WASHINGTON, DC -- Consumer Watchdog today filed a brief urging…
Jan 28, 2010
Privacy
Pay Goldman: Save freedom, apple pie and the American Way
In a performance that was par for the Treasury Secretary’s appearances before Congress, Tim Geithner smirked through a morning of grilling by…
Jan 28, 2010
Healthcare
Healthcare Reform With The Stroke Of A Pen: Obama Can Help 132 Million Without Congress
Obama should close a legal loophole that currently prohibits 132 million Americans from holding their health insurance providers legally accountable for denials…
Jan 27, 2010
Privacy
California Gift-Limits Bill Sidetracked Before Assembly Vote
Doug Heller, executive director of Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit political group, said the value of gifts by interest groups is not worth…
Jan 27, 2010
Privacy
Google toolbar privacy glitch shows need for tech recalls and rules
Harvard Professor Ben Edelman has just revealed that Google's toolbar sent information about consumers' web activity back to the Internet giant's servers…
Jan 27, 2010
Insurance
Is Health Overhaul Possible Without Requiring Coverage?
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- With a major health overhaul in deep trouble, some lawmakers want a scaled-back approach that targets the indisputably unpopular…
Jan 26, 2010Obama: Make Equal Justice For Patients A State Of The Union Pledge & Re-establish White House Office Of Consumer Affairs
Washington, D.C. -- Consumer Watchdog urged President Obama to watch Sunday’s Dateline NBC documentary on patients who have insurance but not adequate…
Jan 26, 2010
Healthcare
Dateline NBC on why being insured isn’t same as being covered
Here's the full link to last night's excellent Dateline NBC "Critical Condition," which followed insured patients as they were turned down by…
Jan 26, 2010
Healthcare
Health Insurers Use Pre-emptive Strike on Legislative Mandate in Florida
OLDWICK, N.J. -- In a pre-emptive strike on a legislative mandate, major health insurers in Florida have agreed to pay for what…
Jan 25, 2010