The nonprofit group Consumer Watchdog is asking a Sacramento judge to halt the demolition and removal of buildings and contaminated waste from…
Sep 5, 2013SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Google's attorneys say their long-running practice of electronically scanning the contents of people's Gmail accounts to help…
Sep 5, 2013Click here to listen to the audio segment of this radio broadcast. A coalition of watchdog groups has asked a court to stop…
Sep 4, 2013A state regulator says California is close to cutting a deal with Exide Technologies that would permit the company to keep recycling…
Sep 3, 2013Data services company Acxiom will launch AboutTheData.com “overnight,” a website that allows consumers to access their personal data and edit inaccurate entries.
Sep 3, 2013Toxics department officials are proposing amendments to a pending environmental justice bill authored by the Assembly speaker that may establish a new…
Aug 29, 2013Five U.S. privacy groups have opposed a proposed $8.5 million settlement with Google in a class action lawsuit over search privacy, as…
Aug 23, 2013A group of consumer watchdogs have raised objections to an $8.5 million settlement proposal for an Internet privacy lawsuit brought against Google,…
Aug 23, 2013Five privacy groups say Google's $8.5 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit over privacy doesn't go far enough. PC World reported that…
Aug 23, 2013Google's attempt to settle a privacy lawsuit by donating $8.5 million to nonprofit groups and schools should be rejected, advocacy groups argue…
Aug 22, 2013California — A California superior court judge has given the green light to a consumer protection lawsuit against Anthem Blue Cross. The…
Aug 22, 2013California became the first state in the nation on Thursday to propose a safe-water limit on cancer-causing chromium-6, made famous in the…
Aug 22, 2013Settlement over MPG claims seen as 'sweetheart deal' by some plaintiffs
Aug 21, 2013California supporters of damage caps on medical malpractice lawsuits have gained an unexpected ally—Planned Parenthood. And that organization is coming under fire…
Aug 19, 2013Consumer Watchdog barked back at Google's claim that "a person has no legitimate expectation of privacy in information he voluntarily turns over…
Aug 16, 2013Critics condemn internet giant over 'no legitimate expectation of privacy' argument A U.S. consumer advocacy group has reignited the debate over…
Aug 16, 2013The doctors and lawyers are at it again. We've been keeping tabs on formidable foes clashing over the $250,000 cap on pain…
Aug 16, 2013Allegations take aim at DTSC Consumer Watchdog, a Santa Monica-based nonprofit, believes radioactive waste at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in Simi…
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