The settlement agreement between the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Google, which cost the search giant $22.5 million in penalty charges, is being challenged…
Aug 24, 2012An initiative that would bring health insurance rate regulation to California has qualified for the November 2014 ballot, setting the stage for…
Aug 24, 2012The California Secretary of State announced on Thursday that a ballot initiative to require health insurance companies to publicly justify and get…
Aug 24, 2012Click here to view a video of this news broadcast. Consumer Watchdog of Santa Monica on Thursday will file a complaint against…
Aug 23, 2012Consumer Watchdog, a non-profit consumer advocacy organization is up in arms over a recent settlement between Google and the Federal Trade Commission…
Aug 23, 2012Consumer advocate group Consumer Watchdog is asking the Federal Communications Commission to require carriers to list the speed of their 4G networks…
Aug 23, 2012GOOGLE'S $22.5m settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over privacy breaches will be challenged if Consumer Watchdog gets its way.
Aug 23, 2012The search giant has posted a job notice for a data privacy engineer for its privacy "red team." Less than two weeks…
Aug 23, 2012After a series of recent privacy gaffes, Google (GOOG) is soliciting software experts to apply for a special team of "back-end ninjas"…
Aug 23, 2012San Francisco -- McDonald's, General Mills, Subway, Nickelodeon and the Cartoon Network could all be violating online privacy rules designed to protect children.
Aug 22, 2012The advocacy group Consumer Watchdog is asking a federal judge for permission to weigh in against Google's plan to pay a $22.5…
Aug 22, 2012Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit consumer advocacy group, is dialing up its criticism of the proposed privacy settlement between the U.S. Federal Trade…
Aug 22, 2012Google acquired Frommer’s brand of travel guides from Wiley & Sons last week, in a deal reportedly worth $23 million. While the…
Aug 21, 2012
Adam Glover - Los Gatos, CA Our son Adam was 12 in 2008 when he went on a glorious camping and…
Aug 20, 2012The agency's vague new antitrust rule will discourage companies from innovation and vigorous competition.
Aug 19, 2012Facebook Inc. (FB), whose shares fell to a record low yesterday, failed to persuade a judge to approve a $20 million settlement…
Aug 18, 2012Gas prices in California remain significantly higher than they were prior to the Aug. 6 fire at Chevron's Richmond oil refinery -…
Aug 17, 2012