John M. Simpson is an American consumer rights advocate and former journalist. Since 2005, he has worked for Consumer Watchdog, a nonpartisan nonprofit public interest group, as the lead researcher on Inside Google, the group's effort to educate the public about Google's dominance over the internet and the need for greater online privacy.
Consumer Watchdog has joined a coalition of 22 consumer and public health advocacy groups calling on the Federal Trade Commission to stop…
Dec 20, 2018
LOS ANGELES – Facebook’s latest revealed privacy invasion could have been thwarted if the landmark California Consumer Privacy Act were in effect…
Dec 20, 2018
LOS ANGELES — Google’s revelation today that its social network Google+ suffered a second major security lapse in less than a year…
Dec 10, 2018Can Humans and Automated Vehicles Co-Exist? By Jeff Gilbert, WWJ NEWSRADIO 950 AM Michigan December 10, 2018 Click here to listen to…
Dec 10, 2018
Los Angeles, CA – Consumer advocates today called on House Minority Leader and Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi to stop an effort by the…
Dec 6, 2018
LOS ANGELES – Consumer Watchdog today warned that an ongoing revolving door between top government auto safety officials and the manufacturers of…
Dec 3, 2018
LOS ANGELES — Marriott International’s massive data breach in which the personal information of up to 500 million guests could have been stolen…
Nov 30, 2018
LOS ANGELES – Consumer Watchdog has joined an alliance of more than 75 local, state and national organizations representing safety, law enforcement…
Nov 28, 2018
An association of more than 75 consumer groups on both sides of the Atlantic is asking the US Federal Trade Commission to…
Nov 27, 2018
LOS ANGELES, CA – Consumer Watchdog today called on the California Department of Motor Vehicles to release details of Waymo’s insurance coverage…
Nov 15, 2018Waymo’s Driverless Application Is Scrubbed of Insurance Details “It’s not at all clear to me why this was redacted,” said John Simpson,…
Nov 13, 2018
LOS ANGELES, CA – The California Department of Motor Vehicles approval today of Waymo’s application to test driverless robot cars in Santa…
Oct 30, 2018
LOS ANGELES, CA — Consumer Watchdog today joined the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and the Center for Digital Democracy and 19 other…
Oct 30, 2018
LOS ANGELES – The data breach of Google’s social network, Google+, that the company hid since last March, shows that the Internet…
Oct 10, 2018Opinion: Self-Driving Car Bill Needs Amending For Safety Op-ED by John M. Simpson of Consumer Watchdog, THE DETROIT NEWS August 12, 2018…
Aug 12, 2018
LOS ANGELES, CA – Consumer Watchdog today called on U.S. antitrust authorities to follow the lead of Europe’s top competition official, Margrethe Vestager,…
Jul 18, 2018Op-Ed Commentary: How Dangerous Is It Testing Autonomous Vehicles In The Real World? By John M. Simpson, AUTOMOTIVE TESTING TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL July…
Jul 12, 2018
LOS ANGELES, CA – Consumer Watchdog today joined the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and six other consumer groups in calling on…
Jun 27, 2018