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SACRAMENTO, CA -- State Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner is under fire from his predecessor and a consumer group for proposing regulation changes…
Dec 19, 2008John Simpson, a privacy advocate for the non-profit consumer rights group Consumer Watchdog, said no less than a zero retention policy will…
Dec 18, 2008Santa Monica, CA -- Internet giant Google must match new privacy measures announced by search rival Yahoo!, Consumer Watchdog said today, and…
Dec 17, 2008Outcry As Stem-Cell Agency Puts Chairman On The Payroll Some, such as John Simpson of the taxpayer's group Consumer Watchdog in Santa…
Dec 17, 2008But Some Say Not Enough Data Are Purged John Simpson, a consumer advocate with Consumer Watchdog, said in a statement, "If data…
Dec 17, 2008WASHINGTON, DC — President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Mary Shapiro, a veteran of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to lead and revitalize…
Dec 17, 2008Michael Rothfeld of the LA Times recently highlighted Governor Schwarzenegger's many public appearances this year on behalf of his donors. Nothing new…
Dec 16, 2008Google's corporate motto is still "Don't be evil", but folks just don't trust the Internet...
Dec 16, 2008Yesterday's Washington Post eliminated another pretense of accountability for companies taking the billions in taxpayer money Congress has thrown at Wall Street...
Dec 16, 2008The Wall Street Journal touched off a debate Monday in an article suggesting that Internet giant ...
Dec 16, 2008SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- California's Insurance Department wants to change the rules that consumer activists say will stop protection for California consumers.…
Dec 12, 2008Ethics Commission Tightens Rules on Municipal Employees Accepting Tickets to Concerts, Sport Events. The new rules "should reduce the number of tickets,…
Dec 12, 2008I was surprised today when Internet giant Google today removed the "Beta" or test label from its new Chrome browser. Four-year-old Gmail…
Dec 12, 2008I know that the insurance industry likes to operate in the dark. It took a voter revolt at the ballot box and…
Dec 11, 2008Rules Would Apply to All Ballot Measure Funds Controlled by Elected Officials Santa Monica, CA -- Political reform advocates at Consumer Watchdog…
Dec 11, 2008The state Fair Political Practices Commission today will consider a new regulation that would require a candidate-controlled ballot measure committee such as…
Dec 11, 2008AT&T and L.A. City Hall Quietly Lead a National Push to Silence the Little Guy For 19 years, Judy Dugan worked at…
Dec 11, 2008Carmen Balber, an advocate with Consumer Watchdog who wrote to the fair practices panel in support of the regulation, was at Thursday's…
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