Santa Monica, CA -- Allstate Insurance has agreed to stop selling its aggressively marketed "Your Choice Auto" (YCA) insurance program in California, in response to a challenge brought by the nonprofit Consumer Watchdog. As of…
Washington, DC – Consumer Watchdog called on the Obama administration to subject all health insurance rate increases imposed since the approval of the health reform law to new regulations issued by HHS today. The new…
Santa Monica, CA — The Do Not Track Me function proposed in the Federal Trade Commission’s recently released online privacy report must be extended to include smartphones, Consumer Watchdog said today in the wake of…
WASHINGTON, DC — The Commerce Department’s “Green Paper” about online privacy is an industry friendly document that would perpetuate current failed practices that give companies, not consumers, control of consumer data, Consumer Watchdog said today.
Santa Monica, CA – Consumer Watchdog issued the following statement regarding today’s announcement of a lawsuit and settlement agreement between the California Attorney General and...
Washington, DC -- Consumers and the White House should celebrate a decision by a Virginia judge to strike down the highly unpopular federal mandate to purchase health insurance and preserve the rest of the federal…
SANTA MONICA, CA — Consumer Watchdog welcomed Microsoft’s announcement today that the company will offer “Tracking Protection” next year, but said robust “Do Not Track Me” legislation still must be passed by Congress.
WASHINGTON DC — The Federal Trade Commission repeated its support today for a “Do Not Track Me” mechanism to protect consumer online privacy and Consumer Watchdog called on Congress to pass legislation necessary to implement…
WASHINGTON — Consumer Watchdog today welcomed the European Union’s antitrust investigation of Google and reiterated its call for the the U.S. Justice Department to launch its own investigation of the Internet giant.
CONTACT: Jeff Chester, Center for digital Democracy, [email protected], 202-494-7100; Ed Mierzwinski, U.S. PIRG, [email protected], 202-546-9707, ext .314; Pam Dixon, World Privacy Forum, [email protected], 760-470-2000; John Simpson, Consumer Watchdog, [email protected], 310-392-7041
