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The recent incident involved a privacy group called Consumer Watchdog. The organization and Google have had a history of run-ins. Consumer Watchdog…
Mar 4, 2009Click here to listen to the audio of this broadcast. Jamie Court, President of Consumer Watchdog, calls the online updates an unprecedented…
Mar 4, 2009California Supreme Court Will Decide Key Proposition 64 Case on Class Action Consumer Suits "It's some kind of a twilight zone where…
Mar 2, 2009Two consumer rights groups in California are claiming that the lead energy commissioner involved in a gasoline "hot fuel" study has a…
Mar 2, 2009Click here to listen to the podcast. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on February 26 that, from now on, the company will…
Feb 27, 2009(Semi-)Apology For Money-Snuffing Missive San Francisco, CA -- Google has attempted to cut the funding of a well-known public watchdog, after the…
Feb 26, 2009The plan has drawn fire from the Santa Monica-based Consumer Watchdog, formerly the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, which believes the…
Feb 26, 2009Consumer Watchdog, a Washington D.C.-based consumer advocacy group, said the additions were a victory for patient privacy rights activists. "Google and Microsoft…
Feb 26, 2009Consumer Watchdog has called on the Californian HMO regulator to make public its communications with insurance companies relating to cases of coverage…
Feb 25, 2009Kaiser, Blue Cross and Other Health Insurers Illegally Deny Treatment to Autistic Children, Says Consumer Watchdog Santa Monica, CA -- Parents…
Feb 25, 2009Click here to watch the video clip of this news broadcast. Consumer Watchdog says insurers are writing the rules to deny valid…
Feb 25, 2009Consumer Watchdog in Santa Monica sent a letter to Cindy Ehnes, executive director of the state Department of Managed Health Care, and…
Feb 25, 2009This week, it came to light that Google attempted to persuade a foundation to stop funding Consumer Watchdog, Santa Monica, Calif.-based non-profit…
Feb 25, 2009Commission Again Delays Vote on Anti-Consumer Report as Oil-Lobbyist Spouse of Commissioner Quits Her Role Santa Monica, CA -- Consumer Watchdog…
Feb 24, 2009Harvey Rosenfeld, founder of the Santa Monica-based Consumer Watchdog, is accusing state regulators of trying to make it easier for health plans…
Feb 24, 2009Bob Boorstin, the director of Corporate and Policy Communications for Google, sent a letter to the Rose Foundation blasting Consumer Watchdog, and,…
Feb 24, 2009Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court wrote to Google CEO Eric Schmidt Monday arguing that his top executives must "have more important priorities…
Feb 24, 2009Search Giant Tries To Pull Consumer Watchdog's Funding The U.S. privacy and consumer protection group Consumer Watchdog today shot back at Google…
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