... embarrassment after the Information Commissioner expressed "concern" over plans to bombard 250,000 voters with automated phone calls featuring a recording of the Liberal Democrat leader. According to the watchdog, "The Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations forbid the use of automated unsolicited direct marketing calls to any individual who has not previously given their consent to ...

Another day, another awesome report from Teri Sforza at the Register's Watchdog Blog - Crusading for 'Judeo-Christian values' doesn't come cheap: California Family Council Foundation, a non-profit based in Riverside and led by Yorba Linda's Ron Prentice (who was recently vice president for public affairs at socially conservative Focus on the Family), exists "to protect and [...]

... States involved sustainable forms of energy, Britain's advertising watchdog ruled Wednesday. The Advertising Standards Authority investigated the ... Shell's full-page ad in the Financial Times. The watchdog ruled that Shell breached regulations relating to substantiation ... a 2006 report by Canada's National Energy Board, the watchdog said the report claimed that the environmental impact of the country's ...

... us know about a Houston watchdog/news group that is now up and running called Texas Watchdog: Texas Watchdog describes itself as "a news Web site and training center that scrutinizes the actions ... breaking news, the group hopes to provide training for citizen-journalists interested in watchdog journalism and government transparency/accountability, and will even offer some fellowships. READ MORE

... a conservative mentor by the name of Richard Cochran.Caldwell is also Santa Barbara County's so-called watchdog according to many observers. The Santa Maria Sun's 2008 annual "Best Of" edition names Caldwell "Best Community Watchdog."The "watchdog" title has been used by Andy for years to describe his activities on behalf of COLAB. The acronym stands ...

... to do dumb things up in Weipa, that need commenting on, and the Weipa Watchdog is back in business again.Cape York Weipa Watchdog blogger Chris, told me he was just going to let it fold, but alas, he's back online."Great to see that your target got the arse," Chris ... . Zilch."Rio only seemed to come out with their tailings dam info when Watchdog got wind of it months ago [back in February]," ...