Breathtaking premium hikes have prompted California's new insurance commissioner to sponsor a bill that would require medical insurers to get state approval…
May 2, 2011You might want to start reading the fine print when you open a bank account, buy a car or a refrigerator, or…
May 2, 2011BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, which has generated hundreds of millions of dollars in profits over the past five years, has boosted…
May 2, 2011The disclosure of a hidden file on iPhones late last month drew an outcry because it seemed to record users’ every move.…
May 1, 2011Anthem Blue Cross' 16% increase for 120,000 customers is called 'unreasonable.' A California regulator for the first time has declared a health…
Apr 30, 2011Fed up with the unpredictable cost of health insurance for his small business, Mike Sarafolean last year made a dramatic change: Instead…
Apr 30, 2011LOS ANGELES, CA -- Double-digit rate hikes for 120,000 Anthem Blue Cross health insurance policyholders will take effect Sunday despite a state…
Apr 29, 2011Breaking seven days of silence, Apple on Wednesday issued a flat denial that iPhones and iPads systematically log each user's location multiple…
Apr 28, 2011Breaking its silence about a hidden tracking file on iPhones brought to light last week, Apple acknowledged Wednesday that the file is…
Apr 28, 2011
A bill would let state regulators block rate hikes they consider unreasonable, just as they can do for most other types of…
Apr 26, 2011AUGUSTA, Maine - The Maine Supreme Court, in a ruling last week, upheld the state superintendent of insurance's decision to reduce a…
Apr 26, 2011
Android opt-in screen Recent revelations about Google and Apple’s location-data collection activities on mobile are adding urgency to consumer and legislative privacy…
Apr 26, 2011Location tracking on Google, Apple devices concerns consumers Amid global outrage over reports that Apple Inc.'s iPhone and iPad keep records of…
Apr 23, 2011Sen. Franken asks Apple for answers on data privacy. WASHINGTON, DC - Your iPhone, iPad or Android phone know where you are,…
Apr 23, 2011In the sexy but increasingly scary world of smartphone forensics, insiders have a name for all the personal information purposely or unknowingly…
Apr 22, 2011With outrage growing over PG&E's plan to award outgoing CEO Peter Darbee $35 million as he retires under a cloud of controversy,…
Apr 22, 2011Something got lost in the flap about big rate increases for individual health insurance: Some policyholders got a worse deal than others,…
Apr 22, 2011A coalition of leading privacy groups urged the public to push for industrywide adoption of the tough online data protection terms the…
Apr 21, 2011