Privacy

Gov. Davis signs sweeping financial privacy bill into law

August 28, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Associated Press</p> <p>"Now the fight is in Washington, D.C. because if (President) Bush has his way, Californians' privacy will not be protected and banks will be allowed to override the California law," said Jerry Flanagan, consumer advocate with FTCR.</p>

Financial Privacy Bill Signed;

August 28, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Consumer groups hail the new law as a landmark victory in protecting Californians. Gov. Davis calls it a model for the nation.</h3><p class="source">The Los Angeles Times</p> <p>California's new law "is on a collision course with the Republican Congress and the Bush White House," said Jamie Court with FTCR, who was in Washington on Wednesday to campaign against congressional attempts to override state and local privacy measure</p>

DAVIS SIGNS PRIVACY ACT, SLAMMING DOOR ON SOLICITORS

August 28, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The Daily News of Los Angeles</p> <p>"It's good news that California now has the strongest privacy laws in the nation," said Jerry Flanagan, spokesman for the Santa Monica-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights.</p>

Calif. Privacy Battle Not Over

August 28, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Wired Magazine</p> <p>The California-based Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights today accused President Bush of backtracking on campaign promises to expand financial privacy.</p>

Consumer advocacy group discovers Social Security numbers and home addresses for senior government officials for sale on Internet

August 27, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">NBC-TV Nightly News (6:30 PM ET)</p> <p>The California-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights said that for $26 each it was able to buy the Social Security numbers and home addresses of Attorney General John Ashcroft, CIA director George Tenet and Karl Rove.</p>

Group gets private data on Tenet, Ashcroft to underscore need for tougher laws

August 27, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The Chicago Tribune</p> <p>"Banks and insurers should not be able to go to Washington as an end-run around the most protective state privacy laws," said FTCR's executive director, Jamie Court, who objected to the proposed federal pre-emption of tougher state privacy laws.</p>

Don’t Override State Privacy Laws, Activist Says

August 27, 2003  ·  Jamie Court

<p class="source">Reuters</p> <p>"How safe is America's privacy when you can buy the Social Security number of the director of the CIA for $26 on the Internet?" said Court, who heads the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa Monica, CA.</p>

Former Davis Donors Give to Rivals; Schwarzenegger Breaks Money Vow;

August 26, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>The governor is the top fund-raiser. The actor takes donations after pledging</h3><p class="source">Los Angeles Times</p> <p>"To say a huge developer and other special interests won't come knocking at your door is stupid," said Jamie Court, executive director of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa Monica. "He has to give this money back or else he will</p>

An Outsider Candidate Who Favors Insider Advice

August 26, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The New York Times</p> <p>"The election is shaping up as a runoff between the same political establishment that got us into this mess over the last 10 years," Mr. Rosenfield of FTCR said. "The Wilson Republicans and the Davis Democrats."</p>

Candidate made call in fraud probe of kin

August 23, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Bustamante's aunt was imprisoned in meals-program fraud case.</h3><p class="source">Orange County Register (California)</p> <p>"He's not calling up State Farm, he is calling a state government agency over which he has some influence," said Doug Heller, with the FTCR, "The danger is the recipient of the call might interpret that they are trying to exert influence, even if that isn</p>

Assembly OKs whistle-blower bill

August 22, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">ASSOCIATED PRESS</p> <p>A bill broadening whistle-blower protections for employees who report, or refuse to participate in, illegal employer activities was approved Thursday by the state Assembly.</p>

FCC puts do-not-fax on hold

August 20, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>New rules regulating unsolicited faxes are delayed.</h3><p class="source">St. Petersburg Times (Florida)</p> <p>Fax owners must use company time to sort through the faxes, and they sometimes find their phone lines tied up when they need important faxes to go through. Home business owners are often awakened by beeps as fax advertisers try to catch the best phone rat</p>