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Apps can secretly collect data on your kids
My middle-school-age son has his face glued to his iPod Touch and I have no idea what games he's playing or what else he's doing with it. I know that's costing me points in the parenting scorebook, but that's just the way life is for us, and I'm...Tags: Apple iPod, Media Industry, Apple iTunes, New Products, Google Play
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Kevin Hunt: Guess What New Britain Woman Got For $299 Mortgage Audit?
The Hartford CourantUnsolicited letters, email and telephone calls are almost always best left unanswered. Let them go and they'll never amount to more than a nuisance. Answer one, as Mari Merwin of New Britain did, and you're asking for trouble. Merwin's troubles...Tags: Mortgages, New Britain, Consumers, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice
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Changes in law aim to protect kids' online data
WASHINGTON (AP) — Aiming to prevent companies from exploiting online information about children under 13, the Obama administration on Wednesday imposed sweeping changes in regulations designed to protect a young generation with easy access to the...
Tags: Apple iTunes, Advertising, Google Play, Google Inc., Photography and Video
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New kids' online privacy rules give pass to Apple, Google, Facebook
SAN FRANCISCO -- Tech giants such as Apple, Facebook and Google scored a victory in the Federal Trade Commission’s new rules governing kids’ online privacy that were announced Wednesday. Federal regulators exempted app purveyors such as...Tags: Security, Social Media, Media Industry, Google Play, Politics
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Gas price spikes disguise real problems with California market
Gasoline price spikes, such as the event that drove the average gallon in California to a stratospheric $4.67 in October, create two types of frustration. There's the immediate frustration of seeing the price at the pump soar almost overnight to a...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Los Angeles Times Columnists, Chevron Corportion, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Dianne Feinstein
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Scam victims could get refunds
When people tell me they think they wired money to a con artist and want to know how they can get it back, I try to break the bad news to them gently. They'll likely never see that money again. That's what they're afraid of when they call. I still...Tags: Lotto, Corporate Crime, Media Industry, Organized Crime, Crime, Law and Justice
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Stop the ringing
The Federal Trade Commission is offering a $50,000 reward through Jan. 17 to whoever comes up with the best technical solution to the robocall problem. The prerecorded nuisance calls have been illegal since 2009, but companies routinely violate the... -
Advocates warn immigrants of scams
Immigrant advocates are warning people who plan to apply for a work permit under a new federal immigration policy to beware of scammers and hold off on taking any formal action until more details emerge about how the program will work. The policy shift,...Tags: Immigration, Extradition, Barack Obama, Republican Party, Deportation
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At stop in Glendale, Sen. Boxer joins calls for investigation into fuel prices
Speaking to a group of seniors at the Adult Recreation Center about healthcare reform, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) on Monday also took the opportunity to join a growing chorus of elected officials calling for an investigation into what caused the...
Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. Department of Justice, Petroleum Industry, Energy Resources, Los Angeles Times
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Like Feinstein, Boxer urges federal inqury into high gas prices
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) is following in her colleague Dianne Feinstein’s steps by calling for a federal investigation into record gas prices in California. Boxer is urging the Department of Justice’s Oil and Gas Price Fraud Working...Tags: Energy, Chevron Corportion, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Petroleum Industry, Dianne Feinstein
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Feinstein wants federal probe of record California gas prices
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) is calling for a federal investigation to determine whether “an illegal short squeeze” is responsible for the soaring price of gasoline in California, which hit another record high Monday. With a regular...
Tags: Jerry Brown, Gasoline Industry, Petroleum Industry, Dianne Feinstein, Prices
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How to get the most out of coupon shopping
Coupons are big business: More than 3,000 manufacturers distribute nearly 330 billion coupons worth an estimated $280 billion every year in an effort to help consumers save money. Coupons are useful when they save you money on what you're already...Tags: Consumers
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