John Simpson, of Consumer Watchdog, warns consumers that Digital Assistants spy on their owners, record everything from conversations to toilet flushes in an effort to sell to advertisers.

SANTA MONICA, CA – Internet giants Amazon and Google are slashing prices and offering supposed deals on their “digital assistants” this holiday season, but a study of patent applications...

Jamie Court sits down with KCBS to warn consumers: Don't trust Google and Amazon's digital assistants as they spy on people in their own homes.

John Simpson, Privacy Project Director of Consumer Watchdog, warns consumers not to trust Google Home or Alexa, as they spy on users in their own homes

Consumer Watchdog unveils its new report on the patent applications for digital home assistants which reveal unsettling intentions for audio surveillance.

Consumer Watchdog tells NBC: Don't trust Google or Amazon, as they have plans to record your confidential conversations and sell them to advertisers.

SANTA MONICA, CA – Waymo, must publicly release key information about its robot cars’ driving records in Arizona before it turns the vehicles loose on Phoenix streets and uses...

SANTA MONICA, CA – AT&T and Google third-quarter lobbying expenditures this year both topped $4 million with the telecommunications conglomerate barely edging out the Internet giant for having spent...

SANTA MONICA, CA – A confidential settlement in a civil suit brought in Seattle against Backpage by three of the website’s victims will not stop a bipartisan Congressional effort...

SANTA MONICA, CA – Consumer Watchdog today called upon the executives of Google and Facebook to testify at a Senate hearing next week – rather than hide – and...