Privacy

Consumer Watchdog Calls on Federal Trade Commission to Investigate Amazon For Unfair and Deceptive Spying Practices  

May 9, 2019  ·  Adam Scow

Los Angeles, CA — Consumer Watchdog today called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate and take action against Amazon for deceptively recording consumers and  their...

Assembly Insurance Committee Members Vote to Strip Insurance Consumers of their Privacy Rights; Pass “Peeping Tom” Bill to Exempt Insurers From New Privacy Act

April 3, 2019  ·  Carmen Balber

Sacramento, CA — The members of the Assembly Insurance Committee voted unanimously today to pass AB 981 and exempt the entire insurance and financial services...

Push To Exempt Insurance Companies From California Privacy Law By Assembly Insurance Chair Tom Daly

March 28, 2019  ·  Adam Scow

Los Angeles, CA — Today Consumer Watchdog called on Assembly Insurance Committee Chair Tom Daly to withdraw legislation (AB 981) that would exempt insurance companies...

Consumer Watchdog Counters Tech Lobby Attacks In Comments to Attorney General on California’s Landmark Privacy Act

March 12, 2019  ·  Adam Scow

Sacramento—After last year’s passage of the landmark California Consumer Privacy Act, big tech companies including Google, Facebook, and the Chamber of Commerce are spending big...

Watch for Cameras in Airbnb’s says Consumer Watchdog

March 8, 2019  ·  Evan Thomas King

Robot Cars On Average Required A Human Takeover Every 14 Miles Driven

February 14, 2019  ·  Adam Scow

Los Angeles, CA — Updated reports required by the California Department of Motor Vehicles from companies testing robot cars on California public roads reveal a...

State Reports Show That Robot Cars Aren’t Ready For Public Roads

February 13, 2019  ·  Adam Scow

Los Angeles—New reports required by the California Department of Motor Vehicles from companies testing robot cars on the state’s public roads show the technology is...

Rein In Robot Cars, Or Humans Will Lose The Right Of Way

January 14, 2019  ·  Jamie Court

People are fighting back against robot cars. Self-driving cars being tested in Arizona by Waymo, a Google sister company, have been attacked by residents in...

Consumer Watchdog Joins Coalition of 22 Consumer and Privacy Groups Calling on FTC to End Google’s Apps Store’s Exploitation of Kids

December 20, 2018  ·  John M. Simpson

Consumer Watchdog has joined a coalition of 22 consumer and public health advocacy groups calling on the Federal Trade Commission to stop Google’s app store...

Landmark California Consumer Privacy Act Would Have Let People Block Facebook’s Sharing of Private Data, Consumer Watchdog says

December 20, 2018  ·  John M. Simpson

LOS ANGELES – Facebook’s latest revealed privacy invasion could have been thwarted if the landmark California Consumer Privacy Act were in effect and the strong...

Google’s Second Failure to Protect Data Security on Its Social Network Shows Need for California Privacy Law

December 10, 2018  ·  John M. Simpson

LOS ANGELES — Google’s revelation today that its social network Google+ suffered a second major security lapse in less than a year makes clear the...

Consumer Watchdog Calls On Pelosi To Stop Lame-Duck Preemption of New California Privacy and Auto Safety Laws

December 6, 2018  ·  John M. Simpson

Los Angeles, CA –  Consumer advocates today called on House Minority Leader and Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi to stop an effort by the auto industry in...