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KABC-LA (ABC) TV – 7 Los Angeles – Consumer Watchdog Says CA Paying $1.20 Per Gallon More Than Rest of The Country Due To Price Gouging

July 13, 2015  ·  Mark Reback

<p>This is all about refiners keeping us running on very low inventory so they can charge very high prices and make the profits. President of Consumer Watchdog says inventories are down because oil imports into California have stopped.</p>

KTVU – FOX TV – 2 SF- Consumer Watchdog Says No Good Reason For Greatest Price Spike CA Has Seen in Years

July 13, 2015  ·  Mark Reback

<p>“There is no good reason for the latest outrageous run up at the pump other than oil refineries manipulating inventories to drive gas prices artificially high. Californians should be outraged by this gouging and officials should consider forcing oil refiners to open their books and justify their refinery outages, exports and inventories.”Consumer Watchdog says, there is no good reason for the latest outrageous run up at the pump other than oil refineries manipulating inventories to drive gas prices artificially high.</p>

KCAL TV – 9 Los Angeles, CA – Californians Getting Gouged By Oil Refiners Choosing To Run On Local Inventories

July 13, 2015  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Consumer Watchdog says oil companies are manipulating the gas market in California by keeping inventories low, driving prices artificially high. Crude oil prices are so low and the rest of America is enjoying that. However, Californians are getting gouged because the oil refiners have chosen to keep us running on local inventories and they're taking advantage of the situation to make huge profits by keep us running on scarce circumstances.</p>

KDFX- FOX 11 TV – 3 PALM SPRINGS, CA – Gas Prices May About To Sky-Rocket Here In California

July 10, 2015  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Consumer Watchdog based in Santa Monica -- says oil refineries are working hard to keep the state running on empty with planned outages -- and other price surging tactics. "it's profitable for the oil refineries to keep us on low inventories and take refineries offline and they aren't importing the supplies we need to keep the prices stable." That's one of the reasons why California's average price for a gallon -- is 75 cents more than the national average.</p>

KTLA-LA (WB) TV – 5 Los Angeles, CA – Prices Surging at Gas Pumps & Will Continue to Climb, Says Consumer Watchdog

July 10, 2015  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Consumer Watchdog is pushing for serious scrutiny from the Attorney General's office. At the center of their findings, a pricing technique which may violate anti-trust laws. Jamie Court, president of Consumer Watchdog says, "we have four refiners that control 78% percent of the market. All they have to do is pull a couple of ships and the prices go up 60% over night."</p>

WXIA-ATL (NBC) – Atlanta, GA Today – Consumer Group is Demanding That Google Give Americans the Right to Be Forgotten Online

July 7, 2015  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Google’s failure to offer U.S. users the ability to request the removal of search engine links from their name to information that is inadequate, irrelevant, no longer relevant, or excessive is an “unfair and deceptive” practice, Consumer Watchdog said in a complaint today to the Federal Trade Commission.</p>

KXTV ABC TV- 7 Sacramento – Consumer Watchdog Says Oil Refineries Are to Blame For High Gas Prices

July 1, 2015  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Consumer Watchdog says the price fixing is not just about the profit. Oil refiners are trying to drive up prices in part to scare drivers and lawmakers about passing these environmentally friendly laws like cap and trade.</p>

KTVU FOX TV – 2 San Francisco – Consumer Watchdog Presents Evidence to California Attorney General of Gas Price Manipulation by Oil Refiners

July 1, 2015  ·  Mark Reback

<p>At a meeting of the state commission charged with investigating gas price manipulation, Consumer Watchdog delivered an analysis showing that since the end of May California’s largest oil refiners have engaged in unprecedented price manipulation to keep California gasoline prices artificially high using their leverage over prices at their branded stations.</p>

KPIX CBS TV-5 San Francisco – Consumer Watchdog Says Artificial Inflation of Gas Prices by Oil Refiners

June 30, 2015  ·  Mark Reback

<p>At a meeting of the state commission charged with investigating gas price manipulation, Consumer Watchdog delivered an analysis showing that since the end of May California’s largest oil refiners have engaged in unprecedented price manipulation to keep California gasoline prices artificially high using their leverage over prices at their branded stations.</p>

Do Not Track – Consumer Watchdog Bite Back

June 20, 2015  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p>The Federal Communications Commission's new Internet rules require that the broadband internet  access providers — like Comcast, Time Warner, and AT&T — must protect the privacy of consumers' personal information as they use the networks.

RT America: Get Outta My Face – Privacy Advocates Criticize Facial Recognition Technology

June 18, 2015  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Nine privacy advocates walked out of a Commerce Department meeting in protest, believing that tech industry lobbyists are hijacking the discussion over codes of conduct regarding the future use of facial recognition technology. Alexey Yaroshevsky has more on the controversy.</p>

KGO ABC TV-7 San Francisco: Consumer Watchdog Tells FCC To Regulate Internet Privacy

June 15, 2015  ·  Mark Reback

<p>Consumer Watchdog today petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to enact rules that would require Internet companies known as “edge providers”, such as Google and Facebook, to honor Do Not Track requests sent from a consumer’s web browser.</p>