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.
People who worry about online privacy and the intrusive practices of Internet companies like Google and Facebook are trying to figure out…
Nov 4, 2010Google can to take one simple step to show that it cares about consumers' privacy. The Internet giant simply needs to appoint…
Nov 1, 2010SANTA MONICA, CA — Consumer Watchdog today praised a coalition of state attorneys general led by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal for…
Oct 29, 2010SANTA MONICA, CA -- The Federal Trade Commission’s two-page letter ending its probe of the Google Wi-Spy scandal is premature and wrong,…
Oct 27, 2010Saying they are satisfied with privacy reforms Google announced last week, U.S. regulators have closed their inquiry into Google's collection of data…
Oct 27, 2010Google could be the first company to face an ICO privacy fine, after admitting its Street View took more personal data by…
Oct 25, 2010Consumer Watchdog, a non-profit group that monitors Google's privacy work, reacted with skepticism. "Maybe some Google executives are beginning to get it:…
Oct 23, 2010
Google Inc. has dodged $3.1 billion in taxes in the last three years, reports Jesse Drucker of Bloomberg, giving new meaning to…
Oct 21, 2010For the first nine months of 2010, Google spent $3.92 million, approaching the $4.03 million the search giant spent wooing federal officials…
Oct 21, 2010The advocacy group Consumer Watchdog is broadcasting Jumbotron video ads all this week in the heart of New York's Times Square to…
Sep 30, 2010A Santa Monica-based consumer watchdog group this week decried a proposal by Google and Verizon Communications that it says would put an…
Aug 11, 2010SANTA MONICA, CA -- Google and Verizon's new joint broadband proposal pays lip service to the idea of "net neutrality," but actually…
Aug 9, 2010Consumer Watchdog's John Simpson testified at a hearing yesterday on federal agency use of Web 2.0 technology, but the hearing got off…
Jul 23, 2010WASHINGTON, DC -- Consumer Advocate John M. Simpson today repeated Consumer Watchdog’s call for Congressional hearings into the Google Wi-Spy scandal during…
Jul 22, 2010We haven't yet persuaded the House Energy and Commerce Committee to convene a hearing on Google's Wi-Spy snooping and its dealings with…
Jul 21, 2010The House Oversight Committee’s Subcommittee on Information Policy has reversed itself and invited John Simpson of Consumer Watchdog to testify at Thursday’s…
Jul 20, 2010SANTA MONICA, CA — Citing new information about Google’s classified government contracts and the Internet giant’s admitted Wi-Spying activity, Consumer Watchdog today…
Jul 19, 2010Consumer Watchdog's John Simpson joins the local news team to discuss the Google Street View scandal.
Jul 16, 2010