Other LanguagesProgress has been made to protect consumer privacy, but concerns remain
SEATTLE—Attorney
General Bob Ferguson, joined by 22 other state attorneys general,
announced progress in their effort to work with Google to improve how it
protects consumer privacy, and called on the company to offer greater
transparency and more meaningful privacy controls.
Attorney General Bob Ferguson with 39 other state and territorial attorneys general and consumer advocates, sent comments on June 24 to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) about stopping mobile cramming, the placement of unauthorized third-party charges on mobile phone bills.
Today, the US Supreme Court issued two important rulings for marriage equality...In a 5-4 ruling in U.S. v. Windsor, the court declared the section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional.
OLYMPIA—Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson today urged the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to strengthen federal Military Lending Act (MLA) regulations to better protect servicemembers from abusive lending practices.
SEATTLE — The Public Counsel Division of the Washington State Attorney General’s Office (AGO) today challenged the electric rate increases proposed by PacifiCorp, which operates in Washington as Pacific Power and Light Company.
Attorney General Bob Ferguson said the latest report by the national monitor on the progress of five servicers subject to the National Mortgage Settlement shows success, but much work remains.
The Attorney General’s Office Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) has
charged an Otis Orchards woman with one count of 1st degree theft and
two counts of making a false statement to obtain a Medicaid payment.
OLYMPIA…Attorney General Bob Ferguson offered his condolences as friends, colleagues and family of Sen. Mike Carrell honor him at his public memorial on Monday, June 10.
The State of Washington was extremely disappointed to hear from
the U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE) on Thursday that two more
milestones agreed to in the 2010 Hanford Cleanup Consent Decree
with the State are at substantial risk of being missed. USDOE Secretary
Ernest Moniz called Governor Jay Inslee on Thursday to inform him of
this information
Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today the filing of a major timeshare consumer protection case as part of the joint multi-state, multi-national law enforcement initiative coordinated by the Federal Trade Commission.