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.
SANTA MONICA, CA – Answering Consumer Watchdog’s call, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is invoking key sections of the Communications Act that will…
Feb 5, 2015
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today called on the Federal Communications Commission to ensure that vital privacy and consumer protections are…
Jan 26, 2015
SANTA MONICA, CA – Verizon’s use of “Supercookies” underscores the need for the Federal Communications Commission to maintain privacy and consumer protections…
Jan 26, 2015
SANTA MONICA, CA – Google spent a record $16.83 million on lobbying in its efforts to influence federal regulators and lawmakers in…
Jan 21, 2015
Consumer Watchdog today welcomed Google’s announcement that it would stop selling Google Glass
Jan 15, 2015
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today welcomed President Obama’s attention on consumer privacy and data breach issues, but cautioned that legislation…
Jan 12, 2015
UPDATE: Here's where to opt out: http://optout.calindex.org/OptOut/optout.html SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today urged consumers to opt out of the new…
Dec 16, 2014
Consumer Watchdog has joined the Center for Digital Democracy and eight other organizations in asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate and…
Dec 9, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today urged the European Parliament to pass a resolution calling for the break-up of Google to…
Nov 27, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today praised an expected call from the European Parliament to break up Google to end the…
Nov 21, 2014
How is a consumer supposed to know if an online company is actually following the practices and keeping the promises that it…
Nov 17, 2014
Internet giant Google is so rapidly expanding both its data collecting and its political clout that it may become too powerful to…
Nov 15, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Privacy Protection Principles just released by two automakers’ trade associations do little to protect consumers’ sensitive data…
Nov 13, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA – NASA’s just announced lease agreement with a Google subsidiary to manage Moffett Federal Airfield wrongly rewards the Internet…
Nov 10, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Consumer Watchdog and the Public Patent Foundation today asked the U.S Supreme Court to overturn a lower court’s decision…
Oct 31, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA – Google spent $3.94 million lobbying the federal government in the third quarter, off from its record $5.30 million…
Oct 21, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA – Google, which is now forced to honor the “Right To Be Forgotten” in Europe as the result of…
Oct 12, 2014