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New security mandates from credit-card companies that gas stations and other retailers upgrade equipment to protect consumer information will prove costly to…
Jul 19, 2009Frustrated by an out-of-date email system that Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's spokesman Matt Szabo calls "Pac-Man-era technology" the City of Los Angeles is…
Jul 18, 2009Group Urges California Assemblywoman Hayashi To Protect 2003 Anti-Steering Law Santa Monica, CA -- Consumer Watchdog is urging Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi…
Jul 17, 2009I’m catching up on House health care hearings this morning (watching one live and one recorded keeps things interesting) and tuned in…
Jul 17, 2009We sent a letter of complaint Wednesday to the FPPC alerting them that the gov has improperly used funds from his California…
Jul 16, 2009Satellite TV Company Charges Unlawful "Early Cancellation" Fee, Consumer Advocates Contend Santa Monica, CA -- A class action lawsuit charging that…
Jul 15, 2009Massachusetts is dropping legal, green-carded immigrants from its subsidies for health insurance and will probably make it harder for poor citizens to…
Jul 15, 2009As lawmakers edge closer a budget deal, teachers' unions, business groups, and even the governor hit the airwaves with their demands. “Our…
Jul 14, 2009Advocacy group Consumer Watchdog approves of the prohibition on location data, but staff advocate Carmen Balber said it does not go nearly…
Jul 13, 2009Gasoline prices have dropped 15 cents in the past 20 days and are heading lower. But prices at the pump aren’t going…
Jul 10, 2009A group critical of Google's privacy practices got a jump on the search giant yesterday. Consumer Watchdog, which accuses Google of spying…
Jul 10, 2009Google probably thought it was being subtle and sly. Just after Consumer Watchdog obtained and released Google's new "confidential" lobbying document, Google…
Jul 9, 2009Well, it's a good nod to almost-transparency, anyway. But just so you remember: Google would have preferred you not see these materials…
Jul 9, 2009Consumer Watchdog Releases Satirical Annotated Version, Says Cyber-Spying Should Raise Lawmaker Alarms Over Internet Giant’s New ‘Net-based Operating System
Jul 9, 2009Consumer Watchdog -- which, as the name implies is a consumer watchdog organization -- is raising alarms over privacy concerns that have…
Jul 8, 2009The lawsuit, filed by Consumer Watchdog in Los Angeles Superior Court, claims DMHC has permitted the denial of "critically needed, medically necessary"…
Jul 8, 2009I never thought I would own GM, or even a piece of it, when I was an eight year old kid playing…
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