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.
You'll recall I sent letters to the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission on Monday urging that they block the…
Mar 27, 2014
A class action suit on behalf of as many as 168,500 patients of Los Angeles County medical facilities has been been filed…
Mar 27, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Consumer Watchdog today called on the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission to reject the proposed…
Mar 24, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO, CA– A federal magistrate has denied a motion from Google in the Wi-Spy class action suit that plaintiffs said wrongfully…
Mar 18, 2014
SACRAMENTO, CA -- The California Department of Motor Vehicles must enact regulations that protect users privacy in new regulations it is drafting…
Mar 11, 2014
I was up in Sacramento today to call on the Department of Motor Vehicles to ensure that the regulations that they are…
Mar 11, 2014
Back in February Consumer Watchdog wrote to 27 of the 28 members of the European Union's College of Commissioners objecting to the…
Mar 7, 2014
Google's efforts to seal key documents in a class action suit in which the Internet giant is charged with violating wiretap laws…
Feb 25, 2014
Looks like even Google is finally figuring out the innate privacy invasive properties of its wearable computing device, Google Glass. The Internet…
Feb 24, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog is calling on the U.S. Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission to block Comcast’s deal…
Feb 13, 2014
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Feb 12, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today urged Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott to press forward with an antitrust case against Google…
Feb 12, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog, a U.S. public interest group, has objected to the European Union’s College of Commissioners over the…
Feb 10, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA. -- Giving a Google corporate subsidiary control of Moffett Field, as announced today by the General Services Administration and…
Feb 10, 2014
SANTA MONICA, CA – The settlement to end the European antitrust investigation of Google described today by Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia is…
Feb 5, 2014