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• May 21, 2013, 15:11 ET

  Father To Medical Association: Apologize, Our Children's Death Is Not A "Publicity Stunt"

  The following is being released by Consumer Watchdog: The father of a seven and ten year old killed by a drug addicted driver who received thousands of pills she should never have had called on the California Medical Association to apologize for calling the effort by families injured by medical...

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• May 17, 2013, 17:46 ET

  California Consumers Doomed to High Gas Prices as Feds & State Bless Tesoro Purchase of BP Refinery & Arco Stations

  A green light that Tesoro's purchase of BP's big refinery in Carson complies with anti-trust laws means over time gas prices will go up in the state, Consumer Watchdog said today.  The approval by the Federal Trade Commission and California Attorney General of Tesoro's acquisition of BP's...

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• May 15, 2013, 09:00 ET

  Google's New Privacy Policy Display Violates California Privacy Protection Law, Privacy Policy Is Also "Deceptive," Consumer Watchdog Tells Attorney General

  A recent change in the way Google presents its privacy policy violates the California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA) and the policy is "fundamentally deceptive," Consumer Watchdog told Attorney General Kamala Harris. "You have been a leader in the fight to protect Californians' privacy,...

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• May 13, 2013, 15:02 ET

  Top Toxics Regulator's Chief Deputy Resigns Amid State Conflict of Interest Investigation

   After a complaint by Consumer Watchdog to the state about investments made in companies she regulates, Odette Madriago, chief deputy director of the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), has stepped down from her position and will retire at the end of the year, the group has...

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• May 10, 2013, 15:12 ET

  CA Doctors Unaccountable for Harming Patients and the Public: Medical Board Took 4 Years to Suspend License of Doctor Who Bought Drugs & Alcohol for Kids

   The California Medical Board took four years to suspend the license of a Central Valley doctor who gave drugs and alcohol to minors, more evidence that doctors are unaccountable when they harm patients and the public in California, said Consumer Watchdog. A Dinuba family medicine physician,...

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• May 09, 2013, 15:23 ET

  Consumer Watchdog Backs Rep. Hank Johnson's Bi-partisan Apps Privacy Bill

   Consumer Watchdog today praised Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) for introducing a bi-partisan bill that would increase consumer privacy protection on mobile devices. The bill, H.R. 1913, is known as the Application Privacy, Protection and Security (APPS) Act of 2013. Among its co-sponsors is Rep....

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• May 08, 2013, 15:10 ET

  Advocates & Victims Thank Senate Leader For Holding Hearings On 38-Year-Old Damage Cap Law to Address CA Patient Safety Crisis

  California's Senate President Pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg told injured patients and their families gathered on the Capitol sidewalk last week that he would hold hearings into the state's nearly 38-year-old cap on victims' recovery. Jerry Brown signed the $250,000 cap on how much injured...

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• Mar 18, 2013, 15:30 ET

  Consumer Watchdog Urges Governor to Put Department of Toxic Substances Control Officials on Administrative Leave

   Consumer Watchdog today called for Governor Brown to conduct his own investigation into allegations of financial conflict of interest at the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and to put two officials at the department on administrative leave immediately. Consumer Watchdog first...

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• Mar 12, 2013, 15:55 ET

  Consumer Watchdog Calls for Meaningful Wi-Spy Penalties; Says State Attorneys General $7 Million Deal with Google Won't Stop Company's Serial Privacy Abuses

   The $7 million deal announced today ending a multi-state investigation of the Google Wi-Spy scandal does virtually nothing to thwart the Internet giant's repeated privacy violations, Consumer Watchdog said.  The public interest group said Google should pay an amount that would affect its...

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• Mar 11, 2013, 14:20 ET

  Sun Should Set On Medical Board That Fails to Protect Public From Drug-Using, Over-Prescribing, Dangerous Doctors, Says Consumer Watchdog

  Consumer Watchdog called on the legislature to pull the plug on the Medical Board of California at hearings to renew it in Sacramento today because the board has failed in its duty to protect patients from drug dealing, over-prescribing and other dangerous doctors. The group also called for...

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• Mar 07, 2013, 15:28 ET

  Consumer Watchdog: Blue Shield Imposes 19.9% Unreasonable Rate Hike in California

   Blue Shield of California will impose an unreasonable rate hike as high as 19.9% on 268,000 Californians because the state's insurance commissioner does not have the power to reject unjustified health insurance premiums. Senator Dianne Feinstein and Representative Jan Schakowsky introduced...

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• Mar 06, 2013, 13:00 ET

  Consumer Watchdog Calls for Governor Brown to Fire Two DTSC Officials for Conflicts of Interest

  Consumer Watchdog today called for Governor Jerry Brown to fire two top officials at The Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) for conflicts of interest. The letter said that the officials may have violated the California Code of Regulations by holding six and seven figure interests in...

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• Mar 05, 2013, 14:21 ET

  Insurance Giant Mercury Sues to Block $16 Million Decrease For Homeowners Ordered by Insurance Commissioner, Consumer Watchdog Reports

  Mercury Insurance, which provides homeowners insurance for about 270,000 Californians, has refused to implement an 8% rate decrease ordered by California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones and filed a lawsuit to challenge the decision.  Last month, Jones approved a decision by state...

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• Feb 28, 2013, 18:26 ET

  Consumer Watchdog Backs Sen. Jay Rockefeller's Do-Not-Track bill

  Consumer Watchdog today praised Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W VA) for introducing a Do-Not-Track bill, which would charge the Federal Trade Commission with establishing standards by which consumers could tell online companies, including mobile applications, that they do not want their information...

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• Feb 25, 2013, 16:38 ET

  Consumer Watchdog Report Elicits Calls for Investigation of Toxics Regulator

   Senator Joel Anderson (R-San Diego) became the fourth lawmaker to respond to Consumer Watchdog's report, Golden Wasteland, calling the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) onto the carpet for falling down on the job and protecting hazardous waste polluters over people. He is now...

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• Feb 25, 2013, 13:34 ET

  Consumer Watchdog Calls On Federal Trade Commission To Act Against Google's App Store Privacy Violations; Says Penalties Should Be In Billions of Dollars

   Consumer Watchdog today called on the Federal Trade Commission to act immediately against Google's most recent privacy violation – sharing users' personal information with apps developers – and said the penalties for violating a previous consent order should reach into the...

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• Feb 21, 2013, 12:00 ET

  New Report Shows Regulators Not Protecting Public From Toxic Harm; Consumer Watchdog Calls On Governor To Shakeup Department and Punish Polluters

   California has some of the toughest environmental laws in the nation, and some of the weakest enforcement, according to a new report by leading California consumer group, Consumer Watchdog. The group documented how the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has consistently failed to...

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• Feb 19, 2013, 13:22 ET

  Blue Cross Suspends Mandatory HIV/AIDS Drug Mail Order Program, Reports Consumer Watchdog

  In response to consumer complaints and a class action lawsuit on behalf of HIV/AIDS patients in California, Anthem Blue Cross has agreed to suspend a program that would have barred patients from purchasing certain specialty medications at local pharmacies.  Under the program, patients would...

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• Feb 14, 2013, 19:05 ET

  Smaller Rate Increase By Anthem Blue Cross Welcome but Too Little, Too Late, Says Consumer Watchdog

  The California Department of Insurance announced today that a 17.9% average health insurance rate increase paid by 630,000 Anthem Blue Cross customers on February 1st has been reduced to 13.9%. Anthem should never have charged its customers the double-digit increase, said the nonprofit Consumer...

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• Feb 07, 2013, 14:23 ET

  Proposition 103 Rate Regulation Leads to $160 Million Homeowners Insurance Rate Cut by State Farm

   Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, State Farm and Consumer Watchdog jointly announced a $160 million rate cut for State Farm's California homeowners insurance policyholders at a news conference today.  More than a million homeowners and approximately 250,000 renters throughout California...

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