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—Consumer Watchdog today called on the Federal Trade Commission to act immediately against Google’s most recent privacy violation – sharing…
Feb 25, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – Consumer Watchdog Friday outlined three priorities focused on consumer privacy that must be emphasized by the next chair of…
Feb 1, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – Consumer Watchdog Wednesday called on the Federal Trade Commission to ask Congress to pass Do Not Track legislation because…
Jan 30, 2013
It looks like the message is finally getting through to California's stem cell agency board. The board has a fundamental conflict of…
Jan 23, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – Google and Facebook continued to pump record amounts of money into their lobbying efforts during 2012 with Facebook’s spending…
Jan 23, 2013
Google may have only received a tap on the wrist from the Federal Trade Commission when the agency closed the U.S. antitrust…
Jan 11, 2013
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog praised Attorney General Kamala D. Harris for releasing guidelines to protect privacy in the mobile ecosystem…
Jan 10, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – Consumer Watchdog today called on the Federal Trade Commission to release the 100-page staff report on the 19-month Google…
Jan 8, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – The Federal Trade Commission’s settlement with Google fails to end its most anticompetitive practice, Consumer Watchdog said today and…
Jan 3, 2013Dec. 9, 2015 — Consumer Watchdog joins a coalition of 17 consumer and privacy groups in opposing the Data Security Act of…
Jan 2, 2013If you're reading this article and think no one knows what you are doing because you're alone, think again. "Most people don't…
Dec 21, 2012
Last weekend news broke that the Federal Trade Commission was about to settle its two-year antitrust investigation of Google with what charitably…
Dec 20, 2012
The Federal Trade Commission Wednesday announced amendments to the Children's Online Privacy Protection (COPPA) Rule that will give parents more control over…
Dec 19, 2012
In its quest for more profits, Anthem Blue Cross has begun telling patients who have very serious diseases and need so-called "specialty…
Dec 13, 2012
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog Wednesday called for a Senate hearing into Google’s “morally bankrupt” tax policies that force taxpayers “to…
Dec 12, 2012
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog Friday praised California Attorney General Kamala Harris for defending consumers’ privacy rights by filing a suit…
Dec 7, 2012
SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog Thursday welcomed a report from the prestigious Institute of Medicine (IOM) calling for sweeping reforms in…
Dec 6, 2012
Joshua Wright, nominee to the Federal Trade Commission faced tough grilling before the Senate Commerce Committee Tuesday and his answers did nothing…
Dec 5, 2012