Privacy

Consumer Watchdog Calls on State Privacy Board to Tighten Draft Regulations as Hearings Commence

August 24, 2022  ·  Justin Kloczko

Los Angeles, CA — As a two-day comment period begins today over new privacy regulations, Consumer Watchdog is highlighting stringent rules for personal data use...

How Consumers Lose If California’s Landmark Privacy Law is Preempted

August 17, 2022  ·  Carmen Balber

California lawmakers enacted the nation’s strongest online privacy law in 2018 with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and voters strengthened that law’s protections at...

Corporations Are Spreading Privacy Law Disinformation

May 13, 2022  ·  Justin Kloczko

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...

California Poised to Be First State to Stop Geolocation Tracking, New Report Shows Need For Privacy Protections From Connected Cars

March 30, 2022  ·  Jamie Court

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

March 30, 2022  ·  Justin Kloczko

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Personal car data is the new gold rush of the auto industry. Cars collect more data than our1 phones. As a result, car companies have become data miners.

Consumer Watchdog Applauds NHTSA Investigation of Tesla Over Autopilot Problems

August 16, 2021  ·  Jamie Court

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

July 2, 2021  ·  Mary Kozanian

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

November 13, 2020  ·  Jamie Court

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

November 11, 2020  ·  Jamie Court

All 10 of the top-selling 2020 car models are clearly connected online to safety critical systems and cannot be disconnected, leaving automobiles vulnerable to an unprecedented, large-scale hack, according to a new finding by the nonprofit group Consumer Watchdog.

Privacy Rising With Passage of Prop 24

November 6, 2020  ·  Jamie Court

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

October 30, 2020  ·  Carmen Balber

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

August 13, 2020  ·  Jamie Court

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...