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In One Step, You Can Ask Data Brokers to Delete Your Data Right Now

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Consumer Watchdog investigations and advocacy on data privacy, surveillance, AI, and your right to control your personal information.
Chicken to Arnold: “This is Fowl”

Chicken to Arnold: “This is Fowl”

April 21, 2008  ·  Carmen Balber
<p> The governor once again has chicken on his tail.  </p> <p> Students and teachers rallied in San Diego this weekend to protest Governor Schwarzenegger's proposed budget cuts, including $4.4 billion in cuts to education spending. ... </p>
For It’s 1, 2, 3.2 at the Old Ballgame

For It’s 1, 2, 3.2 at the Old Ballgame

April 18, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog
<p> <strong>Beer is high on price, low on alcohol content</strong><br/> <br/> Padres fans already know beer sold at Petco Park has a higher price tag than the same thing elsewhere. But they might be surprised to learn some of the beer...</p>
JDRF makes an “offer you can’t refuse”

JDRF makes an “offer you can’t refuse”

April 15, 2008  ·  John M. Simpson
"I'm making you and offer you can't refuse," said Robert Goldstein. "Free money to do  good things."<br /> <br /> Goldstein, chief scientific officer for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, was speaking to last week's <a href="http://www.iascr.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Interstate Alliance on Stem Cell Research</a> (IASCR)meeting at the <a href="http://www.nas.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Academy of Sciences</a> in Washington, DC.<br /> <br />
Boycott the Speaker’s Cup?

Boycott the Speaker’s Cup?

April 10, 2008  ·  Carmen Balber
<p> Donors to the Democratic Party are getting uppity. They’ve dared suggest that the money they donated to elect people might not exactly get spent that way if Speaker Núñez gets to keep his hands on it. (Couldn’t...</p>
Handing out $262 million in stem cell grants

Handing out $262 million in stem cell grants

April 7, 2008  ·  John M. Simpson
Stem cell agency President Alan Trounson told members of the Facilities Working Group (FWG) at the beginning of their two-day meeting Friday and Saturday near San Francisco Airport that they faced a "terribly hard choice in the face of a  a 22 percent gap between what's requested and what you've got."<br />
Putting stem cell agency’s fat salaries in context

Putting stem cell agency’s fat salaries in context

April 7, 2008  ·  John M. Simpson
Salaries for key officials at the National Institutes of Health show clearly just how bloated the top salaries at the California stem cell agency are. You'll recall that at its March meeting the oversight committee of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) upped ranges a whopping 23 percent for key executives.
The End Of Class-Action Lawsuits?

The End Of Class-Action Lawsuits?

April 1, 2008  ·  Consumer Watchdog
Can companies grant themselves a "get out of jail free" card when you sign their contracts? A lawsuit filed in Seattle against AT&T/Cingular may settle that question.<br/> <br/> The nonprofit public advocacy group Public Justice...