Press Releases

Urge FTC to Develop Rules to Protect Consumer Privacy in the New Personal Data Marketplace

For Immediate Release Contact: Jeff Chester (202-494-7100)
April 8, 2010 jeff@democraticmedia.org

CDD Asks FDA to Investigate Digital Marketing of Drugs and Health Products

For Immediate Release
March 1, 2010 jeff@democraticmedia.org
Center for Digital Democracy www.democraticmedia.org

CDD Asks Food and Drug Administration to Investigate
Digital Marketing of Drugs and Health Products

Urges FDA to Develop Rules to Address Behavioral Targeting and to Protect Consumer Privacy

CDD and U.S. PIRG Call for Much Stronger Privacy and Consumer Protection Safeguards

 

For Immediate Release

Consumer And Privacy Groups Urge Congress to Enact Consumer Privacy Guarantees

For Immediate Release: September 1, 2009

Center for Digital Democracy Consumer Federation of America Consumers Union Consumer Watchdog Electronic Frontier Foundation Privacy Lives Privacy Rights Clearinghouse Privacy Times U.S. Public Interest Research Group The World Privacy Forum

Contact: Jeff Chester, 202-494-7100; John M. Simpson, 310-392-0522, ext 317, Cell: 310-292-1902; Amina Fazlullah, 202-546-9707, Cell: 650-814-8003 and Susan Grant, 202-387-6121, ext. 119

WASHINGTON -- A coalition of ten consumer and privacy advocacy organizations today called on Congress to enact legislation to protect consumer privacy in response to threats from the growing practices of online behavioral tracking and targeting.

Consumer Advocate Warns Congress of the Dangers of Invasive Online and Mobile Marketing Practices

House Joint Subcommittee Hearing Examines Threats Posed by Tracking, Profiling and Targeting of Consumers

For Immediate Release: June 18, 2009
Contact: Jeff Chester (202-494-7100) Center for Digital Democracy (www.democraticmedia.org)

Ten Questions To Ask Your Cell Phone Provider—and the Online Marketers They Work With—to Protect Your Mobile Privacy

The Mobile Platform Presents New Challenges to Consumer Privacy

Consumer Groups Petition Federal Trade Commission to Protect Consumers from Mobile Marketing Practices Harmful to Privacy

For Immediate Release: January 13, 2009

Contact: Jeff Chester (202-494-7100)
Center for Digital Democracy www.democraticmedia.org

FTC Nominee, Majoras, Means More Mergers

Submitted by demedia on Thu, 06/03/2004 - 17:43

Bush FTC Nominee a Triple Threat: To Media Diversity, Affordable Gas Prices, and Role of States

Supporter of Plan to Remove FTC from Media Merger Review to Be Head of FTC
Wyden, Boxer and Consumer Groups Express Concern

 

3 June 2004

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