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Search engines such as Google, Yahoo and Microsoft employ behavioral targeting, in which cookies collect information on users' Web browsing habits, to…
Sep 2, 2009WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A coalition of consumer advocate and privacy groups on Tuesday urged the US Congress to protect the public from…
Sep 2, 2009Ten consumer and privacy groups are urging Congress to limit the way online information can be used for advertising and profiling. A…
Sep 2, 2009Harvey Rosenfield, founder of Consumer Watchdog and lead attorney in several lawsuits against the mobile industry, says Conner and other complainers may…
Sep 1, 2009Consumer advocates are concerned about a bill that could ostensibly undo a current Calif. law preventing insurers from "steering" customers to auto…
Sep 1, 2009I was surprised to find out recently that nearly one-fourth of Medicare patients are enrolled in private Medicare Advantage plans, which are…
Sep 1, 2009WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Privacy advocates are gearing up to push for broad electronic privacy legislation this fall, hoping to convince lawmakers that…
Sep 1, 2009According to word on the street, Mercury Insurance has had to throw away the signatures they've been paying for for the last…
Sep 1, 2009City Council member testified for casino. Government watchdog groups say the trip was a conflict of interest because Svanda was elected to…
Sep 1, 2009In a state parched by a three-year drought, wildfires are at least partly to blame for the price increases, industry officials and…
Sep 1, 2009WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A coalition of ten consumer and privacy advocacy organizations today called on Congress to enact legislation to protect consumer…
Sep 1, 2009If the City of Los Angeles can put a prescription drug bulk purchasing card in the hands of every resident, why can't…
Sep 1, 2009Card Will Yield Savings Ranging from 5 to 40% on Prescription Drugs The following news release was issued today by Mayor Antonio…
Sep 1, 2009Villaraigosa says he'll take bulk-purchasing scheme statewide. Los Angeles County residents could see savings of up to 40 percent on prescription medicine…
Aug 31, 2009A powerful alliance of privacy and consumer groups have likened behavioral advertising to "being followed by an invisible stalker." "An individual’s data…
Aug 31, 2009The Center for Digital Democracy, Consumer Watchdog and several other advocates are hosting a conference call Sept. 1 to make recommendations about…
Aug 31, 2009Consumer advocate Harvey Rosenfield, founder of the California-based group Consumer Watchdog, puts much of the blame for the current economic situation on…
Aug 31, 2009It's not every day that one of the world's biggest automakers voluntarity agrees to greater legal accountability to injured consumers. But that's…
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