Privacy

Do-Not-Call Supporters Say Corporations Have No First Amendment Rights

September 29, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Crosswalk.com</p> <p>"The framers of our constitution never conceived that commercial speech would have First Amendment protection. In fact, until 1976, it did not," said Jamie Court, executive director with FTCR.</p>

GROUP BUYS ROMNEY DATA TO SHOW EASE OF ID THEFT

September 26, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The Boston Globe</p> <p>"Almost anything is for sale at the right price," said Jamie Court with FTCR, who also purchased Boston Mayor Thomas Menino's Social Security number from an Internet company.</p>

Activists spur action against ID theft: Social Security numbers were for sale online

September 26, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The Boston Herald</p> <p>Several consumer groups yesterday released a scorecard rating how major cities fare on privacy protections and other controls against corporate intrusions into residents' lives. Boston rated a C, ahead of Los Angeles and Philadelphia but behind Seattle,</p>

Ruling unravels U.S. do-not-call list

September 25, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The Boston Herald</p> <p>"The question will finally either be settled by Congress or the Supreme Court," said Jamie Court, executive director of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights.</p>

PRIVACY FOR SALE; Consumer groups urge more ‘Net protection

September 25, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The Boston Herald</p> <p>Advocacy groups calling for stronger state laws to protect consumer privacy said they purchased the Social Security numbers of Gov. Mitt Romney and Mayor Thomas M. Menino off the Internet for $30.</p>

Are all calls off on Do Not Call list?

September 25, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Orange County Register (California)</p> <p>Jamie Court, executive director of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights: "Corporations don't have free speech in the Constitution because corporations are not mentioned in the Constitution."</p>

Who elected shirkers?

September 24, 2003  ·  Jamie Court

<h3> The voting hoi polloi rule the hoity-toidy politicians. Here are some rules to put the Legislature on alert.</h3> <p>Courts have strictly limited political reform efforts in the past, including federal campaign finance reforms, because they have targeted the activities of special interest groups who claim free speech and free association rights under the Constitution. Reforming how politicians conduct themselves, by contrast, is a prerogative of the people who elect them.</p>

Who elected shirkers?

September 24, 2003  ·  Jamie Court

<h3>The voting hoi polloi rule the hoity-toidy politicians. Here are some rules to put the Legislature on alert.</h3> <p>The true meaning of the recall will depend not on who wins or whether Gov. Gray Davis prevails, but rather on whether new rules will govern the political class starting the day after the election.</p>

Commentary – Who elected shirkers?

September 24, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>The voting hoi polloi rule the hoity-toidy politicians. Here are some rules to put the Legislature on alert.</h3><p class="source">The Sacramento Bee</p> <p>The true meaning of the recall will depend not on who wins or whether Gov. Gray Davis prevails, but rather on whether new rules will govern the political class starting the day after the election.</p>

Epidemic of identity theft takes heavy toll

September 21, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Agence France Presse</p> <p>To illustrate the availability of sensitive data, the California-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights said it obtained on the Internet the Social Security numbers of CIA chief George Tenet and other top US officials for 26 dollars.</p>

Congress could gut finacial privacy law;

September 18, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>California's strong regulations in danger of being pre-empted</h3><p class="source">San Mateo County Times</p> <p>"What the banks and the GOP really want is the ability to commit uniform privacy violations, not state's rights to protect consumers," said Jerry Flanagan, a spokesman for the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights.</p>

Midnight in the state Capitol

September 14, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>2003 legislative session ends with bills being voted on into the wee hours.</h3><p class="source">The Orange County Register</p> <p>Of the 2,867 new laws that legislators proposed back in January, about 100 remain to be dealt with by midnight, the official end of the 2003 legislative session. The procrastination-induced fury that will transpire this day is a once-a-year ritual</p>