Privacy
Now’s Your Chance To Spy On Google
The Google Dashboard tool is also limited to information gathered on users when logged in to Google. It doesn’t give consumers access…
Nov 10, 2009Consumer Watchdog
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Insurance
California Moves Closer To Insurance By The Mile For Drivers
Watchdog Group Says New Rules Give Insurance Companies All The Power Two thirds of homes in the country would save about $270…
Nov 10, 2009
Privacy
Google Dashboard Provides Too Much Info And Yet Not Enough
Indeed, privacy advocates, such as John Simpson of Consumer Watchdog, argued Google's gesture with Dashboard was just a straw man and that…
Nov 8, 2009
Healthcare
Looking Abroad For Health Savings
"The industry is poised to expand, and they are really going after insurance companies and employers," said Judy Dugan, research director and…
Nov 8, 2009
Insurance
The Debate Over Selling Insurance Across State Lines
A core feature of the health overhaul bill unveiled this week by House Republicans - and of GOP plans for years -…
Nov 6, 2009
Privacy
Poking At Google’s New Privacy Dashboard
... Dashboard doesn't really give users any clearer insights into what the company is doing with all of the data it collects.…
Nov 6, 2009Consumer Watchdog Hails House Cost-Control Plan To Regulate Health Insurance Rates, Urges Lawmakers To Combine It With Strong ‘Public Option’
Late Addition to House Health Reform Bill Should Adopt Key Details of Successful Insurance Regulation in California to Achieve Cost Controls, Says…
Nov 6, 2009
Privacy
Google Releases Dashboard Privacy Tool
The advocacy group Consumer Watchdog, which has been critical of the amount of personal data Google stores, called the dashboard a small…
Nov 5, 2009
Privacy
Dashboard Shows What Google Knows About You
Critics Say Google Makes Some Privacy Progress, But Call For More Transparency Consumer Watchdog, a non-profit advocacy group formerly known as the…
Nov 5, 2009
Privacy
N.Y. Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Intel
Chipmaker Used Bribes, Coercion To Get PC Makers To Shun Its Rivals, Cuomo Says The lawsuit was cheered by some consumer advocates,…
Nov 5, 2009
Privacy
Mixed Reviews For Google Dashboard
Google launched an application Thursday that allows users to see what data is stored in their accounts, but at least one group…
Nov 5, 2009
Privacy
Google Offers Users A Peek At Stored Data
Google, which has been criticized frequently for amassing large amounts of data about people, is giving users an easy way to find…
Nov 5, 2009
Privacy
Google Creates Privacy Dashboard
Google, which has had a bullseye on its back when it comes to Internet privacy, on Thursday launched a Web site that…
Nov 5, 2009
Insurance
Insurers, Critics Face Off Over Customer ‘Discounts’
Billionaire insurance executive George Joseph has launched a California ballot initiative that would allow insurers to give discounts to long-term customers and,…
Nov 5, 2009Google Dashboard Is Small Step For User Control, Consumer Watchdog Says
Group Calls for 'Make-Me-Anonymous' Button On Home Page SANTA MONICA, CA -- The new Google Dashboard touted by the Internet giant as…
Nov 5, 2009
Insurance
New Calls For Brown To Produce Docs In “Tapegate”
The consumer advocacy group at the center of the flap about Jerry Brown’s ex-spokesman secretly recording phone calls has sent a formal…
Nov 5, 2009
Insurance
Pay-As-You-Drive Car Insurance Revs Up
Car insurance by the tankful? Not quite, but California moved a step closer last month to pay-as-you-drive policies that could allow motorists…
Nov 4, 2009
Privacy
Jerry Brown Escapes Scrutiny?
Consumer groups, including Consumer Watchdog, immediately cried foul, alleging that Brown had changed the official ballot wording because Mercury had given him…
Nov 4, 2009