California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has irritated the insurance industry and surprised public-policy analysts by hiring Consumer Watchdog, a vocal insurance industry…
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Apr 4, 2013The California insurance department has called on Consumer Watchdog to help review health insurance rates increases following Commissioner Dave Jones' censure of…
Apr 4, 2013The commissioner's enlistment of Consumer Watchdog to help review health rates raises eyebrows. Callifornia Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones lashed out Tuesday at…
Apr 3, 2013Google said last year that streamlining its privacy policies would make for simpler, better services. All the company has done, however, is…
Apr 3, 2013Alma Whitten worked at Google since 2003. She took over as Google's privacy director in 2010. Following the resignation some privacy advocates…
Apr 2, 2013Anthem Blue Cross sued for requiring HIV clients to order meds through the mail.
Apr 1, 2013
Creating A Standard Is Tougher Than It Looks, Apparently The World Wide Web Consortium, an international group of academics, consumer advocates, and…
Mar 29, 2013The media is once again cueing up its Facebook phone speculation, but this time it may be for good reason. An invitation…
Mar 29, 2013Chemical Waste Management must pay $311,194 for failing to report dozens of spills at its Kettleman Hills toxic waste landfill, the state…
Mar 28, 2013While most of us face uncertainty with the rollout of healthcare reform, some insurance companies in California have been feeling their oats…
Mar 27, 2013Are you ready for $6-per-gallon gasoline? Then $7 a little later? Premium grades of gasoline already go for more than $5 per…
Mar 24, 2013"There you go again." That famous phrase was uttered in a debate by presidential candidate Ronald Reagan in response to his perceptions…
Mar 24, 2013Toxics department director Debbie Raphael this week issued a statement on the agency's website defending its top managers and policies against a…
Mar 22, 2013Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast. SAN DIEGO — Consumer Watchdog is not convinced that Chief Deputy…
Mar 15, 2013Seven million dollars. That’s how much Internet giant Google will pay to settle a multi-year investigation into its controversial “Wi-Spy” data collection…
Mar 13, 2013The controversy over Google's WiFi-poaching Street View cars ended with a whimper in the U.S., with the company getting a light fine…
Mar 13, 2013SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google will pay a $7 million fine to settle a multistate investigation into a snoopy software program that…
Mar 12, 2013