Corporations Are Spreading Privacy Law Disinformation
The era of more online privacy is approaching, and California is a pioneer. This is our first Truth in Privacy dispatch. Last week, a slew...
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California Poised to Be First State to Stop Geolocation Tracking, New Report Shows Need For Privacy Protections From Connected Cars
LOS ANGELES, CA — A new report details the privacy problems posed for consumers from connected cars and points to new rules to be developed...
Connected Cars and the Threat to Your Privacy
A new report details the privacy problems posed for consumers from connected cars and points to new rules to be developed in California as a...
Consumer Watchdog Applauds NHTSA Investigation of Tesla Over Autopilot Problems
Los Angeles, CA – The nonprofit group Consumer Watchdog applauded the decision by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to investigate Tesla’s Autopilot feature and...
Supreme Court Potpourri: A Look at Cases Coming Next Fall – CVS Pharmacy v. John Doe
By Kaila Philo, COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE July 2, 2021 CVS Pharmacy v. John Doe In 2018, a group of HIV-positive individuals filed a federal discrimination lawsuit after...
Consumer Watchdog Hacks A Tesla to Prove Dangers of Wirelessly Connected Cars
Los Angeles, CA – The nonprofit, nonpartisan Consumer Watchdog today released a video showing how a box it built with the help of technologists could...
Connected Car Report 2020: The Models Most Open To Hacks
“Connected Car Report 2020: The Models Most Open To Hacks,” finds all of Car and Driver’s top 10 best-selling cars for 2020 clearly have features that...
Privacy Rising With Passage of Prop 24
Californians enacted the strongest privacy law in America, Proposition 24, the California Privacy Rights Act, on election night by 56%. Proposition 24 will reshape not...
Google Algorithm Biased Against California Privacy Initiative Prop 24; Consumer Watchdog Calls For Investigation And Hearings
Los Angeles, CA — Consumer Watchdog today called for the Senate Elections Committee to investigate why a Google search for Prop 24 was, until last night,...
Consumer Watchdog Endorses Prop 24 For Consumer Privacy
Los Angeles, CA — The nonprofit Consumer Watchdog today endorsed the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), Proposition 24, as a major step forward to enshrine the...
Consumer Watchdog Sues Zoom on Behalf of Public for Deceiving Users About Privacy Protections
Washington D.C. – The non-profit consumer advocacy group Consumer Watchdog filed a data privacy and security lawsuit late yesterday in Washington D.C. against Zoom Video...
US Senators Call Out NHTSA For Failure To Protect Americans From Risk Of Internet Connected Cars, Demand Answers
Washington D.C. – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today sent a letter to...