Sentences with phrase «consumer right group»

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Criticism of Google's dominance in search — it enjoys a 90 per cent market share in Europe — reached a fever pitch this year, with competing search engines and major publishers attacking the company, and even consumer rights groups piling on.

Senior food policy officer at European consumer rights group BEUC Camille Perrin said: «It remains to be seen what will be deemed a «significant» difference in composition, and we trust national authorities will consult consumer organisations to inform their assessment.

Food and drink companies need to turn their words on marketing to children into action, says European consumer rights group BEUC, as it calls «game over» on marketing unhealthy food to kids.

There are also citizen organizations which engage in lobbying activity, like environmental or consumer rights groups.

In the US, consumer rights groups won a ban on the purchase of meat from scrapie flocks because no one could rule out absolutely the possibility of transmission to humans.

Italian consumer group accuses Christo of wasting taxpayers» money Codacons, an Italian consumer rights group, has described Christo's «Floating Piers» installation on Lake Iseo as «an unreasonable waste of public money», and is filing an official complaint to the local authority's consumer watchdog.

Food and Water Watch is a non-profit organization and consumer rights group that focuses on corporate and government accountability relating to food, water, and fishing.

Now a consumer rights group has forced Redmond to promise it will never do it again, in Germany at least.

yro.slashdot.org - A German consumer rights group said on Monday that a court had found Facebook's use of personal data to be illegal because the U.S. social media platform did not adequately secure the informed consent of its users.

As the chain of «substantially equivalent» devices grows, the less likely it is the new ones bear any resemblance to the original, and usually there's been no evaluation of safety or effectiveness in between, says Dr. Michael Carome, deputy director of the Health Research Group at Public Citizen, a nonprofit consumer rights group.

Not exact matches

April 6 (Reuters)- A civil rights group and some consumer groups said on Friday they would file a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging that Facebook Inc's use of facial recognition techniques threaten users» privacy.

Paul Alan Levy, an attorney for consumer rights advocacy group Public Citizen, told Consumerist that it doesn't just help the consumer, but it also protects other businesses that operate without non-disparagement agreements.

Schulz said he intended to strengthen consumers» right to sue companies, using the example of diesel drivers being able to sue the Volkswagen Group following the diesel scandal, known as Dieselgate.

CFPB director Richard Cordray announced that rights of groups of consumers to a day in court is «a cherished tenet of our justice system» and «that no one, no matter how big or how powerful, should escape accountability if they break the law.»

Zillow Group is committed to empowering consumers with unparalleled data, inspiration and knowledge around homes, and connecting them with the right local professionals to help.

The first, and smaller, group is made up of those consumers of the right - leaning media who also choose to watch a mainstream media news program.

The tobacco industry is notorious for funding such front groups as the «Center for Consumer Freedom» to defend the rights of consumers to smoke as they pleased.

The change will mean a rise in egg prices, with caged eggs being the cheapest option, but is expected to be applauded by animal rights groups and ethical consumers.

«We, the prime ministers of the Visegrad Group countries, are strongly convinced that all consumers within the European Union have the right to quality and safe products,» they said in a joint statement.

«At what point does the right to put a view - whether from industry, health or consumer groups - become a right of veto over unfriendly outcomes?

In a post posted by TWE on its Chinese WeChat, the company praised the local police work on clamping down fake wines, and added that the group is going to step up its efforts to protect its intellectual property rights in mainland China and work closely with local police to protect consumer rights.

SumOfUs.org campaign manager Kaytee Riek said her group's opposition to the industry's request is less about the safety of artificial sweeteners than about a consumer's right to make decisions based on clear information.

Jones is also involved in cross-party parliamentary groups, such as the Parliamentary Information, Communications and Technology Forum («PICTFOR»), and the All Party Parliamentary Group («AAPG») on Consumer Rights.

Groups involved in the Convergence include the Green Shadow Cabinet, Organic Consumer Association, Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, PopularResistance.org, System Change Not Climate Change, Alliance for Global Justice, Workers United, Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter, and many state Green Parties.

«A lot of people worry that what's on the books right now is very much geared toward the biggest agricultural players,» said Patty Lavera, assistant director of the nonprofit consumer group Food and Water Watch.

«There is, right now, a bit of a price - up charge that we are absorbing, not passing it along to consumers,» Lisa Manley, Coca - Cola's group director of sustainability communications, says of the PlantBottle.

These groups spanned the full political and geographic spectrum, representing organic farmers, conventional ranchers, property rights activists and concerned consumers.

In April, representatives from the airlines, airports, labor, manufacturing, academia, consumer rights organizations, the financial industry, environmental groups, and general aviation were selected to participate in the Future of Aviation Advisory Committee (FAAC).

The award is significant for consumers in the Central Ohio area because they can have confidence knowing there is a dealership group in the area that does the right thing, simply because it's the right thing to do.

The EFF, a nonprofit group that advocates for consumer rights and privacy, combed through the privacy policies of a number of e-readers and e-book platforms, including Google Books, Amazon...

SEATTLE — August 9, 2011 — Hagens Berman, a consumer rights class - action law firm, today announced it has filed a nationwide class - action lawsuit claiming that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and five of the nation's top publishers, including HarperCollins Publishers, a subsidiary of News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWSA), Hachette Book Group, Macmillan Publishers, Penguin Group Inc., a subsidiary of Pearson PLC (NYSE: PSO) and Simon & Schuster Inc., a subsidiary of CBS (NYSE: CBS), illegally fix prices of electronic books, also known as e-books.

Hagens Berman, a consumer rights class - action law firm, filed the original complaint in U.S. District Court in California in August alleging that Apple, HarperCollins, Hachette Book Group, Penguin Group, Simon & Schuster and MacMillan teamed up to force Amazon to raise its $ 9.99 e-book pricing to a new, and often more expensive, «agency model» where publishers set the price.

Key quote for me is right there on page 1 — «As we will see below, the point of versioning is to get the consumers to sort themselves into different groups according to their willingness to pay.»

This definition includes legal work affecting broad areas of public concern including the legal rights of consumers, the elderly, minorities, the poor, and groups whose legal rights are not otherwise adequately represented and who traditionally lack access to the courts.

Neil Gross, executive director of investor rights group FAIR Canada, says for the most part Canadian consumers are too complacent in terms of tolerating fees from companies such as banks, rather than switching to lower - cost options such as credit unions or some of the emerging financial technology startups.

As a coalition of over 200 civil rights, consumer, labor, business, investor, faith - based, and civic and community groups, Americans for Financial Reform supports the Department of Education's announcement last month of a new competition for student loan servicing contracts.

Just like any other debt collector, Conserve, Pioneer, Performant and CBE Group will all have to abide by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, which regulates debt collection activities and preserves right for consumers.

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Still, the National Consumer Law Center and 29 civil and legal rights groups are petitioning the government to start collecting and reporting on the range of racial gaps that take place within the student loan system.

Research published by the independent consumer group CHOICE can also help you find the right product for your needs and budget - see www.choice.com.au.

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Shopper's Drug Mart this week settled a long - standing class action with a Quebec consumers» rights group, which filed claim in 2010 after Pharmaprix changed the Optimum points program.

Conclusion) It is past time for the media, ignorant consumers, and legislators to educate themselves about and address the true nature of failure of responsibility and pet retention instead of blindly accepting intentional misrepresentations perpetuated by the Animal Rights Groups and Shelter Industry.

In addition to the charity watchdog groups, the Center for Consumer Freedom, a food industry public relations coalition, researches animal rights groups and publishes reports of their findings at www.consumerfreedom.com and www.activistcash.com.

«These extreme animal rights groups have become so ideological and irrational that they would rather risk importing rabid dogs from Asia and Africa than support humane, responsible breeding in the U.S. so consumers can purchase the dog of their choice from a responsible and in many cases regulated American breeder,» Strand said.

Yes, retailers need to understand that this group of consumers is gaining financial power and, right now, is seeking to do things their way.

Gamer's Voice, a pressure group founded to act as a conduit between gamers, media and the Government, have announced that they will be bringing problems regarding Call of Duty: Black Op's to the attention of the Government agencies that protect consumers rights in the UK.

According to the group, Sony has committed an «offense against free speech and internet freedom» by «deny [ing] consumers the right to use products they have paid for, and rightfully own, in the manner of their choosing,» essentially «renting [their] products.»

In the US, Exxon Mobil has pumped millions into more than 40 think - tanks, media outlets and consumer, religious and even civil rights groups in order to spread scepticism about climate change.