Latest Privacy Releases

Amazon Slime: Amazon’s New Consumer Deception

Two Consumer Watchdog reports show that Amazon is deceiving its customers by putting fake crossed-out prices next to its products.  It’s a deceptive marketing...

Will Google and Big Tech End Child Sex Trafficking Or Keep Fighting for Their Legal Shield?

In the documentary “I am Jane Doe,” which hits Netflix this weekend, a mother Nacole S. talks about how her daughter was turned into a child...

Report Shows How Google Funded Defense of Child Sex Trafficking Hub

SANTA MONICA, CA – A coalition of anti-child sex trafficking and public interest groups, and the mother of a trafficking victim, today released a...

How Google’s Backing of Backpage Protects Child Sex Trafficking

Details of Backpage’s victims have filled multiple lawsuits, legal actions and government investigations: A 13-year-old girl in Miami whose pimp tattooed his name on...

Will Trump Let Robot Car Makers Guard The Robot Car Factories?

In one of his first tests as President, Donald J. Trump will have to decide whether to uphold an eleventh hour appointment by the...

Uber Goes To Court To Defend Its Robot Cars As Above The Law, Not Needing License

Uber is hearing Tommy Petty. It won’t back down in its dispute with the California Department of Motor Vehicles over putting its robot cars on California...

Uber Robots Driving Without License, CEO Should Go To Jail

As Uber’s CEO moved into the inner circle of Trump’s tech advisors today, Uber has rolled its robot cars on the streets of San Francisco without...

Consumer Watchdog Welcomes Death Of Google Glass, Says Internet Giant Should Not Offer Glass 2.0 until privacy issues are solved

Consumer Watchdog today welcomed Google’s announcement that it would stop selling Google Glass

Google Glass Raises Privacy And Safety Concerns

Google Glass raises privacy and safety concerns, said Consumer Watchdog in a report released Monday.

Magistrate Denies Google Motion Blocking Lawyers’ Access To Wi-Spy Data

SAN FRANCISCO, CA-- A federal magistrate has denied a motion from Google in the Wi-Spy class action suit that plaintiffs said wrongfully would have...

Google+: A Playground for Online Predators

From March to September 2013, an investigation was undertaken to detail the significant privacy issues Google+ users may encounter when using the service. The...

Consumer Watchdog’s “Google Track Team” Visits The Capitol

Pictures covering Consumer Watchdog Google Track Team in town to drawing attention to Google creepy tracking and anti-trust behavior

“Google Track Team” covers Washington DC during Schmidt’s hearing

Here's a round-up of articles, quotes, pics and video of today's events around Washington DC covering our "Google Track Team", in town to draw attention to Google's creepy tracking and anti-trust behavior during Google CEO Eric Schmidt's testimony before Congress:

Liars and Loans: How Deceptive Advertisers Use Google

Google has been a prominent beneficiary of the national home loan and foreclosure crisis of the past two years. The giant search engine company...

Lost in the Cloud: Google and the U.S. Government

An ambitious quest for influence with the U.S. government is starting to pay off for tech giant Google, a Consumer Watchdog investigation has found.  Read...

Traffic Report: How Google Is Squeezing Out Competitors and Muscling Into New Markets

Google has been muscling into new web markets and greatly expanding its dominance of other web commerce sectors since 2007, when the web search...

Privacy Videos

Video thumbnail
KTTV-LA (FOX) - Los Angeles, CA: Prices Are being Adjusted Based On Your Shopping Habits
03:42
Video thumbnail
KTVU-SF (FOX) - San Francisco, CA: Surveillance Price Gouging
05:49
Video thumbnail
KCAL-LA - Los Angeles, CA: Surveilance Price Gouging
03:17
Video thumbnail
KBCW 44 Cable 12 - San Francisco, CA: Meta Holiday Hack
03:25
Video thumbnail
KTVU-SF (FOX) - San Francisco, CA: Several Tech Bills Head To Governor's Desk
06:12
Video thumbnail
Al Jazeera: Google antitrust law trial US court says google is a monopolist, violated law
02:16
Video thumbnail
Consumer Alert — National Data Breach
01:24
Video thumbnail
KTVU-SF (FOX) - San Francisco, CA: Calm App, Doordash Software Sued For Data Sharing
05:40
Video thumbnail
Consumer Alert: No Opt Out
00:49
Video thumbnail
KCAL-LA - Los Angeles, CA: Investigation Into California's Newborn DNA Database
03:39
Video thumbnail
Consumer Alert: Data Parasites
02:07
Video thumbnail
KCBS - Los Angeles, CA: California Biobank Stores Every Baby's DNA; Parents Had No Idea
04:26
Video thumbnail
Consumer Alert: Wall Street using AI
01:48
Video thumbnail
KCBA (FOX) CA: Clearview AI Is Creating An AI Facial Recognition Software That Violates Privacy Laws
00:35
Video thumbnail
KGO CA: Consumer Watchdog Calls Attorney General to Investigate Clearview AI For Violating State Law
03:06
Video thumbnail
KNTV-SF (NBC) - San Francisco, CA: Tesla Recalls Millions of Cars
02:29
Video thumbnail
Consumer Alert: Clearview AI
01:19
Video thumbnail
Californians Now Have More Power Over Their Data
01:07
Video thumbnail
KPIX CBS TV-5 San Francisco, CA: Your Car's Computer Could Be Tracking And Reporting Your Every Move
00:48
Video thumbnail
California Votes YES on Privacy- Prop 24
13:14
Video thumbnail
Rage For Justice Report Podcast- Prop 24 For Your Privacy
19:18
Video thumbnail
Consumer Watchdog Hacks Tesla
02:00
Video thumbnail
FOX KSWB: New Internet-Connected Cars Could Get Hacked
01:05
Video thumbnail
ABC: Kill Switch Report Highlights Widespread Hacking Vulnerability of Connected Cars
02:12
Video thumbnail
KTTV FOX: Consumer Watchdog Report Warns That Hackers Can Take Over Your Car
05:02
Video thumbnail
SPECNEWS1: Watchdog Warns Cars With Internet Connection Vulnerable to Hacking
00:37
Video thumbnail
KBCW: Connected Cars Pose Risk to Driver Safety Due to Hacking Vulnerability
02:31
Video thumbnail
ABC KGO: Whistleblower Engineers Warn Connected Cars Need A Kill Switch to Stop Hacking
02:10
Video thumbnail
KCAL: Alarming Watchdog Report Shows Connected Cars Are Vulnerable to Hacking
02:51
Video thumbnail
ABC KGTV: Report Says Internet-Linked Cars Are Vulnerable To Hackers
00:30
Video thumbnail
KTTV Fox 11: Consumer Watchdog Report Shows How Vulnerable Connected Cars Are To Dangerous Hacking
01:05
Video thumbnail
NBC: Watchdog Report Show Connected Cars Lack of Cybersecurity Put Drivers at Risk
03:38
Video thumbnail
CBS KGPE: Connected Cars Pose A Cybersecurity Risk
03:05
Video thumbnail
Fox WDAF: High-Tech Cars Put Drivers At Risk Of Hacking Interference
00:47
Video thumbnail
ABC WXYZ: Connected Cars Can Be Hacked Says Kill Switch Report
01:36
Video thumbnail
KTTV GDLA: US Senators Write NHTSA About Connected Car Concerns
01:17
Video thumbnail
FOX KPTV: Kill Switch Report Details Cybersecurity Issues With Internet Connected Cars
02:28
Video thumbnail
CBS LA: Kill Switch Study Finds Connected Cars Are Vulnerable to Hacking
01:41
Video thumbnail
FOX KTTV: Consumer Watchdog on Privacy Issues, Hacking Risks With Internet-Connected Toys
03:00
Video thumbnail
CBS Evening News With Norah O'Donnell: Jamie Court Explains the Value of CA's Consumer Privacy Act
02:04
Video thumbnail
WAFF TV-48 Alabama: Watchdog Report Highlights Car-Hacking Risks
03:16
Video thumbnail
ABC KFSN: Internet-Connected Vehicles At Risk Of Being Hacked Says New Watchdog Report
00:33
Video thumbnail
KPIX CBS: Connected Cars Need A Kill Switch To Stop Dangerous Hacking
02:31
Video thumbnail
KCAL: Kill Switch Report Warns of Hacking Risk For Connected Cars
01:29
Video thumbnail
KTLA: Consumer Watchdog Report Warns of Hacking Risk For Internet Connected Cars
01:05
Video thumbnail
CBS This Morning: "Movie Pass Engages in Deceptive Data Mining" Says Consumer Watchdog
03:09
Video thumbnail
California Passes Strictest Privacy Law in Nation - Rising Up w/Sonali
13:09
Video thumbnail
Consumer Watchdog Exposes
04:20
Video thumbnail
How Google backs Backpage Sex-Trafficking, Press Conference Pt. 1
14:55
Video thumbnail
How Google backs Backpage Sex-Trafficking, Press Conference Pt. 3
14:57

Privacy in the news

Latest Report

Support Consumer Watchdog

Subscribe to our newsletter

To be updated with all the latest news, press releases and special reports.