Privacy

State has new law to limit unwanted faxes

August 3, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee)</p> <p>Doug Heller, senior consumer advocate for the California-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, said people get frustrated when "irrelevant junk" ties up their fax machines. "These companies are using toner and paper to advertise products.</p>

Sink or Swim – How Davis can fight the rising tide

July 25, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The San Francisco Chronicle</p> <p>To survive, Davis must stop behaving like a career politician and start acting like a leader. He must offer the voters compelling reasons to keep him on for another two years. Here's what Davis (or else his replacement) must do to win:</p>

Sink or Swim – How Davis can fight the rising tide

July 25, 2003  ·  Harvey Rosenfield

<!-- excerpt --><p>To survive, Davis must stop behaving like a career politician and start acting like a leader. He must offer the voters compelling reasons to keep him on for another two years. Here's what Davis (or else his replacement) must do to win:</p>

Junk Faxes Ruling

July 24, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">City News Service</p> <p>"The decision means that junk faxers must stop stealing Californians' toner and paper, tying up our home and business fax lines, and waking us up in the middle of the night with their annoying and unwanted fax ads," said Pam Pressley, an FTCR attorney.</p>

The City gets high marks on consumer rights

July 22, 2003  ·  Jamie Court

<p class="source">The San Francisco Examiner</p> <p>Turning the tables on big business, the FTCR assessed the "corporateering quotient" of each city by analyzing nine factors including privacy rights, commercialization of schools, media independence and environmental degradation.</p>

What Are They Thinking?;

July 20, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Generation X Is Last to Consider How Social Security and Financial Planning Will Affect Their Futures</h3><p class="source">The Daily News of Los Angeles</p> <p>"It's pretty amazing that something like endangered sea turtles will get Gen-Xers into the street quicker than their own retirement," said Jamie Court, executive director of FTCR and, at 36 years old, a self-described member of Generation X.</p>

ID Data Is Published By Activist

July 19, 2003  ·  Jamie Court

<p class="source">Sunday Age (Melbourne)</p> <p>A consumer advocate has embarrassed the Bush Administration by announcing his purchase on a website of the social security numbers of three of its most powerful men, including the head of the CIA. The cost: $US26 ($A40) each.</p>

Watchdog group grades city C+ in dealing with business

July 17, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Efforts to court Boeing helped lower score</h3><p class="source">Seattle Post-Intelligencer</p> <p>A consumer watchdog group looked at how well Seattle and the state of Washington deal with corporations and handed the city a report card yesterday. Seattle's average was a C-plus.</p>

Seattle brings home C+ in ‘corporateering’ ratings

July 17, 2003  ·  Jamie Court

<p class="source">The Seattle Times</p> <p>In a news conference at the Labor Temple yesterday, Jamie Court, the head of the California-based organization, said that for year's businesses "have rated cities for how friendly they are to business. Now we're rating corporations</p>

Private companies selling or exchanging information including Social Security numbers without your permission

July 16, 2003  ·  Jamie Court

<p class="source">MARKETPLACE NPR - Minnesota Public Radio</p> <p>It's common practice for private companies to sell or exchange information, including Social Security numbers, without our permission. Commentator and activist Jamie Court worries that officials don't appreciate how dangerously free wheeling this market h</p>

The Big Squeeze on Americans’ Privacy

July 15, 2003  ·  Jamie Court

<p class="source">The Los Angeles Times</p> <p>The hundreds of millions of dollars that banks and insurance companies and financial outfits have spent on lobbying and political tithing is mere peanut shells - not even peanuts - compared to all that tempting, rich marketing information about you</p>

Privacy protection bill fails again in Assembly committee

July 8, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">San Jose Mercury News</p> <p>An Assembly committee on Tuesday rejected, for the second time in a month, a long-sought, heavily lobbied bill that would give greater privacy protections to consumers' financial records.</p>