Privacy

Hillary Clinton, Newt Gingrich Team Up on Medical Data Bill

May 12, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">CNSNews.com</p> <p>The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, a consumer advocacy organization, warns that the "huge databases" envisioned by the bill would contain information on a patient's illnesses, genetic predispositions, alcohol and drug addiction, medication history, and probably "personal identifier information," such as a Social Security Number.</p>

State Supreme Court Refuses to Take up Conflict Law

May 10, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">LookOut News (Santa Monica, CA)</p> <p>The California Supreme Court has declined to take up Santa Monica's challenge to one of the nation's strictest conflict of interest laws, likely putting an end to a four-year legal battle between the City and sponsors of the successful ballot measure.</p>

State Supreme Court Refuses to Take up Conflict Law

May 10, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">LookOut News (Santa Monica, CA)</p> <p>The California Supreme Court has declined to take up Santa Monica's challenge to one of the nation's strictest conflict of interest laws, likely putting an end to a four-year legal battle between the City and sponsors of the successful ballot measure.</p>

WellPoint Unit Dealing With Botched Bills;

May 6, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Nearly 47,000 Blue Cross of California customers were charged premiums as much as five times too high in April.</h3><p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p> <p>A little more than a week before it is slated to meet with state regulators, WellPoint Inc. is wrestling with a billing snafu in which almost 47,000 of its California customers were charged premiums in April that were as much as five times too high.</p>

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s leadership being tested in California

May 1, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">CBS-TV Evening News</p> <p>Arnold Schwarzenegger is discovering Hollywood and the real world are quite different. Sandra Hughes reports Californians may not be ready to say `hasta la vista, baby' just yet, but the governor clearly is struggling to remain the leading man.</p>

Don’t Take the (Race) Bait

April 29, 2005  ·  Jamie Court

<font face="verdana,sans-serif" size="2">Arnold's most recent nativist remark -- praising the "Minuteman" vigilante groups who are stalking the US-Mexico border -- has certainly caused a furor among opinion leaders. But it...</font>

Junk Fax Solution

April 29, 2005  ·  Jamie Court

<p class="source">Marketplace Radio Program (NPR)</p> <p>Coming soon to the Senate floor, the Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005. Consumer advocate and commentator Jamie Court says don't let the name fool you.</p>

Junk Fax Solution

April 28, 2005  ·  Jamie Court

<p class="source">Marketplace - Minnesota Public Radio</p> <p>Coming soon to the Senate floor, the Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005. Consumer advocate and commentator Jamie Court says don't let the name fool you.</p>

Deeper into Hoch…

April 27, 2005  ·  Doug Heller

<font face="verdana,sans-serif" size="2">Help us out here: Didn't Arnold once say that it wouldn't be business as usual in Sacramento? Sources tell us the Gov has cut a deal with Sacramento's Dean of Dirty Deals, Senate Leader Don...</font>

Caps & Gowns March on Arnold’s Schnitzel Shop

April 27, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<font face="verdana,sans-serif" size="2">There was a time when Arnold would have been an honored guest and keynote speaker at graduation ceremonies. This afternoon, though, 200 professors and students in caps and gowns marched on...</font>

Green Building

April 20, 2005  ·  Jamie Court

<font face="verdana,sans-serif" size="2">As Arnold tours the California Environmental Protection Agency this morning to tout his "Green Building" initiative, the Gov should be challenged over which type of green he really...</font>

Senate bill targets ban on junk faxes

April 20, 2005  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Sacramento Bee</p> <p>The U.S. Senate is considering legislation that would gut a ban on junk faxes and, if passed, could unleash a torrent of "paper spam" on unsuspecting consumers, the bill's opponents said last week.</p>