Washington, D.C. --- In advance of an expected final vote on financial reform legislation, Consumer Watchdog urged the U.S. Senate to fix provisions that would deregulate insurance oversight by giving the Treasury Department the ability…
Santa Monica, CA — Consumer Watchdog today formally launched its new Website, Inside Google, to focus attention on the company’s activities and hold Google accountable for its actions. The sites’ URL is http://insidegoogle.com. The nonpartisan,…
Group Says Deputy Chief Technology Officer Andrew McLaughlin Should Resign SANTA MONICA, CA — The White House Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Google’s former top global lobbyist, has been reprimanded for ethics violations that were revealed…
SANTA MONICA, CA — Consumer Watchdog today called on the Federal Trade Commission to launch an immediate probe of Google’s snooping on private WiFi networks as the Internet giant sent its Street View cars to…
Mercury Asking Dep’t of Insurance for $32 Million Rate Hike On Its Car Insurance Policyholders; Company Would Recoup All Its Money From $10 Million Prop 17 Campaign If Rate Hike is Approved Santa Monica, CA…
Consumer Watchdog Calls on Government Agencies to Ensure Private Data is Deleted SANTA MONICA, CA — An admission today that Google’s StreetView cars were gathering private information from WiFi networks shows the company’s lack of…
Santa Monica, CA – Mercury General Corp. has failed to fully disclose family ties within the company in possible violation of federal law and its own internal policies, Consumer Watchdog wrote to the Securities and…
Current Senate Bill Allows Treasury to Preempt State Insurance Laws, Including Capital and Solvency Protections Washington, D.C. -- Financial reform legislation must be amended to preserve states’ ability to protect insurance consumers and bring…
Washington, D.C. -- Consumer Watchdog today called upon the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission to question former Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) Chairman Christopher Cox about his revolving door conflicts as he testifies today. The nonpartisan…
3rd Largest Auto Insurer Doesn’t Plan On Telling Customers They Could Face Price Hikes Santa Monica, CA –A letter Mercury Insurance Company apparently intends to send to its policyholders this week urging them to support…
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Warning that "tracking and targeting of consumers online have reached alarming levels," a coalition of 11 consumer and privacy advocacy organizations today sent a letter to Congress outlining the protections any online…
