Sentences with phrase «attacks against the consumer»

The Xbox One started out as a huge attack against consumer rights and I honestly wasn't planning on getting it.

This last minute attack against consumer choice in Missouri is so dishonest that the bill isn't even about anything that touches Tesla directly.

Lenovo is attempting to defuse controversy over its pre-installed Superfish crapware — which appears to have run man - in - the - middle attacks against consumers in order to sling ads — by saying it has discontinued use of the visual - recognition technology on new laptops and promising to review outstanding concerns.

Not exact matches

While rates of online fraud attacks against merchants in the travel industry were down 33 percent in 2016, compared to 2015, consumers who buy online are still vulnerable to fraudsters.

«Ultimately, consumer credit agencies should be one of our lines of defense against cyber attacks, and it is deeply disturbing whenever a firm that holds such valuable information gets breached,» Lieu wrote.

According to Wikipedia, the forerunner to the CCF was called the «Guest Choice Network» and was formed «to unite the restaurant and hospitality industries in a campaign to defend their consumers and marketing programs against attacks from anti-smoking, anti-drinking, anti-meat, etc. activists...» It was funded by $ 2.95 million from, you guessed it, Phillip Morris, along with contributions from an unholy alliance of slot machine manufacturers, beer companies, meat processors and cigar makers.

The CSPI, a Washington - based non-profit consumer advocacy and education group, is often derisively referred to as the «food police» for coming out against a range of foods, including fettuccine alfredo («heart attack on a plate») and ice cream («coronaries in cones»).

(Kudos to Senator Gustavo Rivera, by the way, for voting against this attack on consumers.

US Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand introduced two bipartisan bills to better prepare businesses and protect consumers against cyber security attacks and dangerous data breaches.

Many in the short - term online lending industry were surprised by the announcement, which seems to be in lock - step with the current administration's Operation Choke Point, an initiative launched in 2013 by the United States Department of Justice, whose stated intent was to «attack Internet, telemarketing, mail, and other mass market fraud against consumers, by choking fraudsters» access to the banking system.»

Since 2013, Tesla Motors has been working constructively with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (NJMVC) and members of Governor Christie's administration to defend against the New Jersey Coalition of Automotive Retailers» (NJ CAR) attacks on Tesla's business model and the rights of New Jersey consumers.

Throughout 2016, the anti-GMO Organic Consumers Association attacked Hillary Clinton's «troubling» and «deep» financial ties to Monsanto, both on its official Facebook page and its page for its social media campaign Millions Against Monsanto.

With a debug kernel, unknowing consumers would be vulnerable to various attacks, as there would theoretically be no checks against modifying the system folder of the phone.

He says the the distributed accounting database could help the bank strengthen their defense against cyber attacks and overhaul making of payments between institutions and consumers.