Sentences with phrase «better protect consumers»

The survey also asked what new laws were needed to better protect consumers, with many of the responses relating to credit and debt problems.

The mortgage industry has adequately dealt with the loopholes in disclosure to better protect consumers.»

Lawmakers have been under intense pressure to create laws that better protect consumers following Equifax's data breach.

Demand is particularly high for engineers with skills that could help growth, from designing user - friendly interfaces to writing code that helps withdrawals of digital coins, as well as the security expertise needed to better protect consumers.

More specifically, I have argued that the single most effective reform we could make to better promote, monitor and enforce high standards of service in the delivery of legal services and to better protect consumers would be to make all law firms subject to the same regulatory arrangements as ILPs.

While the regulatory clampdown scheduled for 2016 is intended to better protect consumers, campaigners have identified an additional, more invidious, impact of e-cigarette marketing and the role of «big tobacco» companies within that market.

In light of this, Alberta's Privacy Commissioner wants Alberta to amend its Personal Information Protection Act to better protect consumers.

The Department of Labor is in the midst of an effort to better protect consumers when seeking financial advice for retirement.

All these regulatory changes, while they can better protect consumers now, led to one one thing certain at the banks: Lost revenue.

The Federal Trade Commission has been working to better protect consumers from harassing phone calls.

Greg Pollock, its president and CEO, says «increasing adviser professionalism will better protect consumers, and build trust in an industry that has a significant effect on the lives of many Canadians.»

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued new federal rules for prepaid debit cards, effective April 2018, to better protect consumers.

Washington (CNN)-- The Obama administration is turning to faith to figure out how to better protect consumers.

It should not put lives at risk, damage its reputation, or risk the success of its systems — or driver assist technology as a whole — by failing to take steps that would better protect consumers» safety.

On March 22, 2018, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a 132 - page report at the request of Congress entitled «Financial Technology: Additional Steps by Regulators Could Better Protect Consumers and Aid Regulatory Oversight.»

«After receiving an initial briefing from Equifax, I have decided to hold a hearing on the matter so that we can learn what went wrong and what we need to do to better protect consumers from serious breaches like this in the future,» Walden said in a statement.

The pace at which that occurs will be determined by how quickly those involved in digital currencies accept and adapt to a real regulation and adjust such currencies to better protect consumers and investors.

Other elements will include: modernizing the privacy regime to better protect consumer privacy online; monitoring the implementation of Canada's anti-spam legislation; and deepening analysis of Canada's communications infrastructure.

• Better protecting consumers and investors: A newly - formed Department of Financial Regulation will merge the Insurance Department, Banking Department, and the Consumer Protection Board to better regulate modern financial services organizations.

The upcoming New York Senate hearing on legal funding («Lawsuit lending spotlighted by state Senate») provides an important opportunity for lawmakers to understand how they can best protect consumers while preserving access to this critical resource.

Not exact matches

Amid the uncertainty, Congress wants a better understanding of how bitcoin will fit into the existing landscape of financial regulation in the United States, and what more needs to be done to protect consumers.

So it's a good thing that the NY state attorney general is stepping in to protect consumers.

They weren't perfect but they were a good start for protecting consumers and our economy.

But there are two myths surrounding SMS and MMS message marketing that purport it to be both complicated and hampered by regulation, but the truth is these regulations serve the marketer as well as the consumer, protecting the latter from spammy marketing, and protecting marketers from spam - related accusations.

The more entrepreneurs take responsibility for protecting the environment by giving consumers better choices about what they buy, the more likely it is future generations will enjoy a healther world than we live in today.

In a news release, FanDuel described Colorado's new law as «in line with the state's best governing traditions: smart regulation to protect consumers, but with a light touch that does not stifle innovation or interfere with access to fantasy sports.»

«The proposed framework will facilitate a progressive, well - regulated and safe environment for firms using DLT to grow, whilst also ensuring that this new regulatory environment protects both consumers and the good reputation of the jurisdiction.»

I hope that they understand that the regulation needs to be there to protect consumers, but not to stump the growth of an industry that could really do a lot of good.

JULIA BOORSTIN, NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT CORRESPONDENT: While Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) has been the focus of widespread scrutiny for its privacy practices and shortfalls protecting consumer data, Google «s YouTube is drawing concerns as well.

Common - sense rules can protect investors and consumers, prevent abuse, and ensure that brokers and advisors provide advice that is in consumers» best interests.»

The well - funded dairy lobby spends a great deal of money (an estimated $ 80 to $ 100 million each year — ironically paid for by the higher prices consumers pay), persuading federal and provincial politicians that supply management «protects the family farm,» «ensures food security» and that, because these farmers are so numerous, doing anything to upset them would be political suicide.

OMB stated Wednesday, however, that the final DOL rule «reflects extensive feedback from industry, advocates, and members of Congress, and has been streamlined to reduce the compliance burden and ensure continued access to advice, while maintaining an enforceable best - interest standard that protects consumers.

Protect off - the - shelf use by consumers and businesses by providing them with better legal protection against liability for a product being used off - the - shelf and solely for its intended use.

But, it's also the best way to protect consumers.

The roundtable unanimously recognized that regulators have an important role in protecting consumers as well as in protecting the integrity of the financial system from systemic risks.

This is an independent non - governmental body, which regulates the financial services industry to ensure financial markets work well and that consumers and businesses are protected.

Pharmaceutical manufacturers are under immense pressure to protect consumers and patients from incorrectly manufactured drugs, medicines and medical devices, as well as protect themselves from the severe legal and financial penalties of supplying faulty products.

By ensuring the safety and integrity of a wide range of chilled, frozen and canned / preserved fish and seafood products, x-ray inspection systems can prevent harmful contaminants and substandard products from reaching consumers, as well as protect your business from brand - damaging product recalls.

Additionally, egg products are inspected by an onsite USDA inspector and the company follows good manufacturing practices to protect consumers from food borne illnesses.

Arctic Cat, a well - known manufacturer of snowmobiles, and Lube - Tech, a leading OEM lubricant formulator, desired a durable package for a new synthetic oil blend that would provide visibility and convenience for consumers, reinforce the high - performance, environmentally - conscious characteristics of the brand, and provide high - barrier properties to protect the integrity of the product.

By adding a plastic closure to the container, brands are not just conveying the message that the product is well protected from any contamination when sold to the end consumer, they can also offer some level of reclosability, once again so as to better compete with bottles.

However, Chuck Evans» MONTEZUMA Brand Sauces & Salsas believes that this novel method of public notification of trademark infringers addresses the legal difficulties of maintaining and protecting a registered trademark, as well as the goodwill associated with the trademark, and therefore is constructive for consumer education about the theft of intellectual property rights.

NSF International is a global independent organization that writes standards and tests and certifies products for the water, food, health sciences and consumer goods industries to minimize adverse health effects and protect the environment as well as offering a range of standardized and proprietary methods of measuring sustainability for organizations, products, processes, supply chains and services.

«Our DISCS technology provided invaluable insights, which enabled us to create a pack proven to best protect the fragile cargo and deliver a beautifully designed premium product to consumers.

In conclusion, Labor has long recognised that an effective competition policy is at the heart of a well functioning economy, but it's also at the heart of a fair society that protects the interests of consumers over rent - seeking monopolists.

In a working competitive market there is sufficient competition to protect consumers from monopolistic practises but there is a lack of the type of strong and vigorous competition that means consumers are getting the best deal possible.

Organic Farmers & Growers CIC (OF&G) promotes the well - being of the UK organic food sector, by protecting the integrity of organic standards for the benefit of producers and consumers of organic food, by assisting the activities of other stakeholders in the sector and by acting as an advocate for the sector's development, and by supporting the development of sustainable agriculture.

About Norton from Symantec Symantec's Norton products protect consumers from traditional threats with antivirus, anti-spam and spyware protection, as well as bots, drive - by downloads and identity theft — while also being light on system resources.

I was horrified that my government wasn't doing a better job to protect us against this onslaught... I mean aren't they responsible for national defense???? I felt betrayed on so many levels and decided then that I would change my life, change my consumer purchases, and hopefully help other moms who still hadn't had that all important «Ahaa» moment.

These proposals would ensure that the UK's consumers are more stringently protected as well as enabling the industry, government and regulators to deal with cross-border issues in a co-ordinated manner.