The National Consumer Law Center Guide to the Rights of Utility Consumers
The Budget Fashionista (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
We get a lot of pitches from magazines trying to get us to get you to read their content. For most, we just click the “spam” button and move on to the next email, but Consumer Report’s ShopSmart , is one of the few emails we keep because their messages are always full of advice and tips that you can Continue reading "ShopSmart’s List of Consumer Rights"...
Information Policy (Free subscription) | yesterday
24 November 2009 — With a broad majority across political parties, the European Parliament has today, at its plenary session in Strasbourg, formally approved the EU’s telecoms reform package, proposed by the Commission in November 2007. 500 million EU citizens...
The New Nation (Free subscription) | yesterday
Staff Reporter The government yesterday constituted 'National Consumers Rights Protection Council (NCRPC), according to a circular of the Ministry of Commerce yesterday. The NCRPC would look into the matters related with the consumers' interest as per the 'Consumers Rights Protection Law-2009'. Commerce Minister Mohammad Faruk Khan will be the chairman of the 29-member of the council. Thirteen member...
Grist Magazine (Free subscription) | yesterday
by Todd Woody Last year, a colleague suggested I check out a startup with the intriguing, and so-very-California, name of Tao It. Founded by Berkeley professor Dara O’Rourke, Tao It aimed to tap a multiplicity of databases to rank consumer products according to their health and environmental attributes. The idea: If people could instantly learn online whether there are bad chemicals in their...
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
The European parliament approved Tuesday a major overhaul of EU telecoms law aimed at boosting the rights of European mobile phone and Internet users and protection against access restrictions. The move, after months of bargaining, was eventually approved by a broad majority. It unblocks a package of reforms due to be implemented in the next 18 months to "enhance consumer rights, safeguard Internet...
The Local (Free subscription) | yesterday
Outspoken Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary slammed a Swedish consumer rights group on Tuesday, adding that the discount airline has not yet ruled out requiring passengers to pay to use the toilet while in the air.
T Jantunen.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Digital Economy bill has sparked a wave of protest among consumers and rights groups. Soon after the bill began its journey through Parliament on 19 November, many expressed worries about parts of it. The bill suggests the use of technical measures to tackle illegal file-sharing that could involve suspending the accounts of persistent pirates. Critics [...]
TechRadar (Free subscription) | yesterday
The recently introduced Digital Economy Bill that was ushered into parliament via the Queen's Speech on 19 November has sparked numerous protests from consumer rights groups across Britain. A petition to Number 10 against the bill has already generated over 11,000 signatures, with many up in arms over the suggestions that persistent illegal filesharers will have their internet connections suspended...
CrunchGear (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
It seems that a few Apple warranties have been deemed void due to the fact that the owner was a a smoker, and consequently their Macs were contaminated. The Applecare contract says nothing about this, and the list of toxic materials includes other such dangerous household items as talcum powder and isopropyl alcohol. There's a long discussion of consumer rights and nanny laws and all that sort of...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
I have just moved into a flat with a friend. We're graduates and haven't got jobs yet. I've got quite a lot of jewellery and my mother wants me to have it insured but I'm not sure how much to insure it for and I can't afford to spend much on a policy. HM Kent
Apple iPhone Blog (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
What if you have to buy Christmas gifts for parents, brothers, husband, sister, children, aunt, uncle and who else more but you have only particular amount of money. You must handle the challenge and be organized while shopping. In addition, you should better remember wishes of potential gift receivers. It could appear hard but not with the new app - Christmas Gifts List which is developed by AdamCode...
AfterDawn.com (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
UK lawmakers officially announced the Digital Economy Bill intended to address issues identified by the Digital Britain Report. As expected it makes communications regulators at Ofcom responsible for curbing unauthorized P2P file sharing. Initially it doesn't go quite as far as entertainment industry representatives would like, and only requires that ISPs forward warning letters about alleged illegal...
Offshore Banking Services - The Privacy Trap (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
The FDCPA limits how bill collectors conduct business and defines consumers' rights in dealing with bill collectors. It also assigns penalties and remedies for when bill collectors violate these rights.
HomeATM (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Published: Friday 20 November 2009 The EU is in corrective mode on eCommerce after it created a web of burdensome rules in order to inspire more consumer confidence, argues the author of a report examining European rules on online shopping. Background: At present, the contractual rights of EU consumers are set out in four separate directives on unfair contract terms, sales and guarantees, distance...
Click World News (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
As pretty much everyone who reads Techdirt has been submitting today, Lord Peter Mandelson over in the UK -- the guy who just discovered copyright law after a resort vacation dinner with entertainment industry mogul David Geffen -- wants to go even further in changing copyright law against consumers' rights. We already know that he was the major force behind getting the UK to move forward with a plan...
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