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Our Issues

For four decades Consumer Watchdog has taken on corporate abuse across the issues that hit people hardest. Explore our investigations, reports, and advocacy by area.

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Privacy

Consumer Watchdog investigations and advocacy on data privacy, surveillance, AI, and your right to control your personal information.

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Do Policyholders Want Car Premiums To Be Determined By Secret AI?
Report Warns Uber Is Undermining Legal Accountability For Accident Victims While Expanding Use…
Explore Privacy → 3,982 articles
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Insurance

Insurance news, investigations, and reform — auto, home, and health insurance rates, claims denials, and industry accountability.

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Three Bills to Reform Insurance Claims Abuses and Help Homeowners Keep Their Insurance…
THE DISINFORMATION ECHO CHAMBER: How California’s For-Profit Utilities Built Political Support For A…
Explore Insurance → 4,021 articles
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Healthcare

Healthcare and patient-safety coverage — medical negligence, prescription drug prices, and your right to quality, affordable care.

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Medical Board of California Announces Maternal Mortality Task Force
Goodbye Patch
Explore Healthcare → 1,476 articles
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In The Courtroom

Consumer Watchdog in the courts — lawsuits and legal advocacy holding corporations accountable to consumers.

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Lara’s New Rules Threaten Voter-Enacted Rights to Challenge Insurance Rates, Consumer Watchdog Warns
Consumer Watchdog Joins California Supreme Court Brief Opposing Corporate Contract “Trap” That Strips…
Explore In The Courtroom → 305 articles
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Accountability

Holding corporations and government accountable — investigations into corporate power, money in politics, and the public interest.

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More Perfect Union Investigates Uber’s Insurance Shell Game As Company Seeks Federal Liability…
Consumer Watchdog: Uber-Consumer Attorney Deal Strikes Fair Balance
Explore Accountability → 175 articles

Energy

Energy and utility watchdog coverage — gas prices, oil-industry profits, utility rates, and clean-energy accountability.

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As Utilities Seek Another Bailout, Some Familiar Environmental Allies Speak Up
New Report Exposes Fossil Fuel-Backed Network Flooding Supreme Court with Briefs Seeking to…
Explore Energy → 2,579 articles