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--A new report details the privacy problems posed for consumers from connected cars and points to new rules to be developed in California as a potential model across the country, if the rules can withstand lobbying by the powerful auto and insurance industries. However, California is poised to be the first in the nation with an "opt-out" for precise geo-location...

--The Department of Insurance pulled back a policy to delete agency email databases days after Consumer Watchdog warned it would go to court to stop it. The email deletion program was initially proposed shortly after Consumer Watchdog sought records regarding a government corruption scandal involving insurance companies that contributed to...

"California insurance companies will spend whatever it takes to protect their golden goose– California's cap on compensation for those injured, maimed or killed by medical malpractice that prevents many patients from ever seeking justice," said Carmen Balber, executive director of Consumer Watchdog. "The $250,000 cap on damages for a person's lost quality of...

Rejecting the express language, purposes and intent of voter-approved Proposition 103– and two previous decisions by the California Supreme Court– the court held that State Farm will not have to pay over $100 million in refunds plus interest to Californians who were overcharged by the company for its homeowners, condo and renters coverage.