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California Governor Newsom signs first-in-the-nation bill banning harmful ultra-processed food in school meals

New law directs California to identify especially harmful ultra-processed foods to be phased out of schools SACRAMENTO, CA – California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation today…

October 8, 2025

Food

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California Governor signs first-in-the-nation privacy bill into law

The California Opt Me Out Act will require universal opt-out settings in browsers Sacramento, CA — California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the groundbreaking California Opt…

October 8, 2025

Tech & Privacy

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Consumer Reports statement on Walmart’s pledge to remove harmful food additives from its private label products

CR applauds Walmart and calls on other grocers to follow suit WASHINGTON DC — Brian Ronholm, director of food policy at Consumer Reports, issued the…

October 1, 2025

Food

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Consumer Reports and EPIC Laud Massachusetts Senate for Unanimously Passing Strong Privacy Bill

BOSTON, MA — The Massachusetts Senate voted unanimously today to pass the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act. Consumer Reports and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)…

September 25, 2025

Tech & Privacy

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Consumer Reports’ Fairness By Design Playbook provides a roadmap for how fintechs can build consumer trust and enhance their own long-term success

CR details how to prioritize fairness by building safety, privacy, transparency, user-centricity, financial well-being, and inclusivity into product design process YONKERS, NY — A new…

September 23, 2025

Money

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California lawmakers approve groundbreaking bill banning harmful ultra-processed food in schools, bill now heads to Governor Newsom

AB 1264 directs California to identify especially harmful ultra-processed foods to be phased out of schools SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Assembly approved legislation today…

September 12, 2025

Food

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Key privacy legislation that would require universal opt-out signals in browsers clears California Legislature

Sacramento, CA — The California Legislature today advanced AB 566, a bill that would require browsers to include a setting that enables a consumer to…

September 11, 2025

Tech & Privacy

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Consumer Reports statement on joint-investigation by California, Colorado, and Connecticut into businesses failing to honor consumers’ privacy rights

Sacramento, CA – Consumer Reports issued the following statement in response to the announcement earlier today that the California Attorney General, in partnership with the…

September 9, 2025

Tech & Privacy

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California’s Surveillance Pricing Protection Act (AB 446) fails to advance California legislature

Sacramento, CA – Assembly Bill 446 (AB 446), also known as the Surveillance Pricing Protection Act, a piece of legislation that would prohibit surveillance pricing…

September 5, 2025

Tech & Privacy

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Consumer Reports statement on California Senate Appropriations Committee holding the California Location Privacy Act

Sacramento, California — The California Senate Appropriations Committee made A.B. 322, the California Location Privacy Act, into a two-year bill, effectively killing the legislation for…

August 29, 2025

Tech & Privacy