Sentences with phrase «director of consumer protection»

At the end of his legislative career, which included a losing bid for the state senate in 1966, he was offered a job in Washington as assistant director of consumer protection at the Federal Trade Commission.

The FTC said last week that it would open a new investigation in light of the Cambridge Analytica news, and Wednesday's revelations are likely to complicate the legal situation, said David Vladeck, a former FTC director of consumer protection who oversaw the 2011 consent decree.

«There are all sorts of obligations under the consent decree that may not have been honored here,» said David Vladeck, a former director of consumer protection at the F.T.C.

The FTC said last week that it would open a new investigation in light of the Cambridge Analytica news, and Wedneday's revelations are likely to complicate the legal situation, said David Vladeck, a former FTC director of consumer protection who oversaw the 2011 consent decree.

David Vladeck, the former FTC director of consumer protection, who crafted the 2011 settlement with Facebook, said he believes Facebook's actions in the Cambridge Analytica episode violated the agreement on multiple counts.

· Mark C. Fang has been named Director of Consumer Protection, which he moves to from the Human Rights Commission where he had served as Executive Director.

Director of Consumer Protection, and former County Legislator, Jim Maisano said: «The Immigrant Protection Act is a good law which went through an extensive drafting process.

The duo are Alhaji Adamu Abdullahi, Director of Consumer Protection, and Capt. Ayodele Sasegbon, Director of General Aviation.

Benedict Adeyileka (Director of Airworthiness), Justus Wariya (Director of Air Transport Regulation), Alhaji Adamu Abdullahi (Director of Consumer Protection), Capt. Ayodele Sasegbon (Director of General Aviation) and Mr. Austin - Amadi Ifeanyi (Director of Human Resources).

The Executive Director of the Consumer Protection Agency (CPA), Kofi Kapito, has called on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration to demand better services for Ghanaians from foreign missions.

«Lumosity simply did not have the science to back up its ads,» said the FTC's director of consumer protection.

Not exact matches

Gail McGowan, the Department of Consumer Employment and Protection associate director of Policy and Education, said WorkSafe aimed to focus on the prevention of workplace injury and the education of employers and employees.

An Oval Office bill signing attended by lawmakers and financial services interest groups devolved into a venting session about Richard Cordray, the embattled director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, according to six people in the room and two people briefed on the conversation.

After all, «you've got the wisdom of the crowd, but you've also got the madness of the crowd,» says Barbara Roper, the director of investor protection with the Consumer Federation of America.

It should not have happened,» Richard Cordray, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, told CNBC last month.

«Any time you roll out a big government program like this, confusion is inevitable,» said Lois Greisman, an associate director in the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission.

«People don't have to know a thing about it to benefit from it,» said Barbara Roper, director of investor protection at the Consumer Federation of America.

«Applied Food Sciences knew or should have known that this botched study didn't prove anything,» said Jessica Rich, director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection.

Several other prominent contenders are viewed still as possibilities to jump into the race, including Richard Cordray, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The person also said Mick Mulvaney, the director of both the Office and Management and Budget and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, was viewed as a dark - horse candidate.

«Many consumers sign up to drive for Uber, but they shouldn't be taken for a ride about their earnings potential or the cost of financing a car through Uber,» said Jessica Rich, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, in a statement.

«Inherent in the model is repeated lending to folks who do not have the financial means to repay the loan,» said Karen Meyers, director of the New Mexico attorney general's consumer protection division.

«If the SEC goes with a system based on self - certification, they will have abandoned their responsibility,» says Barbara Roper, director of investor protections at the Washington, D.C. - based Consumer Federation of America.

On his first day on the job as the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Richard Cordray visited the Brookings Institution and gave his vision for the agency.

Today President Obama took a big step forward in his goal to strengthen the economy and strengthen the middle class with the nomination of Richard Cordray as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Such a violation, if eventually confirmed by the Federal Trade Commission, could lead to many millions of dollars in fines against Facebook, said David Vladeck, who as the director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection oversaw the investigation of alleged privacy violations by Facebook and the subsequent consent decree resolving the case in 2011.

On Wednesday's broadcast of CNN's «The Lead,» Senator Elizabeth Warren (D - MA) responded to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Interim Director Mick Mulvaney's comments that there was a «hierarchy» in his Congressional office that he wouldn't talk to lobbyists who didn't give him money, but «might talk to» lobbyists who did by declaring the Trump administration the «Most corrupt administration ever.»

Many have expressed particular concern over a provision that would curtail the powers of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and reduce its independence by having its director report to the president.

«We believe the DOL rule is based on a sound legal foundation and their process set the standard for openness, thoroughness, and attention to comments submitted,» said Barbara Roper, director of investor protection for the Consumer Federation of America.

My obligation as the Director of the Consumer Bureau is to act for the protection of consumers and in the public interest.»

March Capital Managing Director Co-Founder, Sumant Mandal, discusses Xiaomi's IPO filing, the importance of the Indian market for smart devices, and consumer data protection.

Moreover, the Consumer Financial Protection Act contained an express statutory prohibition against filing enforcement actions of this sort until the Senate confirmed CFPB's Director.

Oil - related revenue has dwindled since 2015 as a period of low prices reduced interest from producers and consumers in financial instruments that offer protection against price volatility, said Amrit Shahani, research director at Coalition.

Said Barbara Roper, director of investor protection of the Consumer Federation of America: «By closing loopholes in the current regulations and subjecting all retirement investment advice to a fiduciary duty to act solely in the best interests of the client, a well - crafted DOL rule has the potential to save millions of Americans billions of dollars each year.

«This is as Orwellian as it gets,» says Barbara Roper, director of investor protection with the Consumer Federation of America in Washington, D.C. «They will serve their clients best by defeating a regulation that would require them to do what's best for their clients?»

Criticism of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau acting director Mick Mulvaney's recent comments to a banking group has largely focused on his advocating a pay - to - play system for interest groups to access government officials.

The group spearheading a campaign against Mick Mulvaney, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), is a project of a low - profile progressive dark money organization with large assets.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB Director Richard Cordray and other experts talked about the impact of the new federal housing policies on homeownership.

Barbara Roper, director of investor protection for the Consumer Federation of America, said that «the overwhelming evidence is that the rule is not only workable, but working as intended to eliminate toxic incentives that encourage and reward harmful advice while preserving access to advice.»

Richard Cordray, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, commented, «Subprime [auto] borrowers may be more vulnerable to predatory practices, so direct oversight of their lending practices is essential.»

Collins wants to remove a broker's duty of care in the areas where it's needed most — «where the conflicts of interest are greatest, the investors are least sophisticated, and the sales practices are most abusive,» says Barbara Roper, director of investor protection for the Consumer Federation of America.

According to Richard Cordray, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency sees this as an ongoing issue that needs continued monitoring.

Beyond disclosure, «the biggest impact could be in requiring advisers to take costs into account when they make recommendations,» says Barbara Roper, director of investor protection for the Consumer Federation of America.

«Wells Fargo employees secretly opened unauthorized accounts to hit sales targets and receive bonuses,» Richard Cordray, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, said in a statement.

On September 27, 2017, the Institute for the Fiduciary Standard awarded the 2017 Frankel Fiduciary Prize to Barbara Roper, Director of Investor Protection for the Consumer Federation of America.

David Vladeck, a former director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, said that because the practice of collecting friend data went well beyond Cambridge, «that in itself may be a serious problem, especially given the language of the consent decrees, which differentiates between users and others.»

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray said Equifax as well as TransUnion and Experian are going to be getting embedded regulators to ensure that similar breaches of private information don't happen again.

«We don't know what the Department of Labor's response will be,» Barbara Roper, director of investor protection for the Consumer Federation of America, said this morning.

Panelists at iGlobal Forum's Specialty Finance Conference in New York predicted looser regulation and less oversight by the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) once the term of director Richard Cordray comes to an end.

Barbara Roper, director of investor protection for the Consumer Federation of America, says it's «generally a mistake to focus on short - term ups and downs in response to the politics of the day or anything else.