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CFC’s Unending Quest to Protect Consumer Privacy, This Time in Cars
One of the growing trends in vehicle technology is that more and more vehicles are equipped with in-vehicle cabin cameras that look inside your car. The Consumer Federation of California (CFC) is sponsoring legislation to ensure that the private data and recordings of those cameras inside your … Read More ›
A Conversation with Dan Morain, Author of Kamala’s Way
If you missed our online event on February 18, 2021 with Dan Morain, author of a new biography of Vice President Kamala Harris, you can view it here.
Big Banks Profit from White Supremacy. They Should Return PPP Fees to Black and Latino Communities
Next City Op-Ed
See which bills affecting California consumers and taxpayers did and did not pass
San Francisco Chronicle
Amazon deletes job listings for analysts to track ‘labor organizing threats’ following public outcry
CNBC article
AB 2167: An end-run on regulations that make insurers justify rate increases
While Californians are hunkered down to survive the pandemic, the insurance industry is sneaking AB 2167 (Daly) through the legislature. It would short circuit the Insurance Commissioner’s rate review process, which requires insurers to base homeowners’ rates on justified factors. It is estimated that AB 2167 could … Read More ›
Editorial: Reject Prop. 24, California’s online privacy measure Complex ballot measure is the wrong way to go about achieving consumer protections
Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards
New California Financial Watchdog Would Take Aim At Predatory Lenders Amid Pandemic
Read full NPR article here
Uber and Lyft just got hit with another lawsuit in California over claims the companies are skirting the state’s gig worker law
Business Insider article here
The Technology 202: Privacy advocates battle each other over whether California’s Proposition 24 better protects consumers
Washington Post article here
Car insurers gave everyone a pandemic discount. Now some are raising rates
Read the story on LA Times or download it here