David Vladeck, director of FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, told the Senate Subcommittee
on Consumer Protection last summer that tougher enforcement and environmental guidelines are a major part of the commission's agenda.
Not exact matches
In addition to getting rid of the potential for so - called fast and slow lanes
on the internet, as allowed by a federal court
last year, the proposal would provide
consumers with stronger privacy
protections.
Last week, President Obama spoke at the Summit
on Cybersecurity and
Consumer Protection at Stanford University and signed an executive order urging the private sector to «share information related to cybersecurity risks and incidents and collaborate to respond in as close to real time as possible.»
The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and
Consumer Protection Act, S. 2115, was passed out of the Senate Banking Committee
last year after the panel reached a bipartisan agreement
on the legislation.
Citing an official involved with the G20, Reuters reported
last week that discussions are likely to focus
on anti-money laundering steps and
consumer protection rather than how the digital asset class could impact the financial system.
Democratic lawmakers lashed out at the
Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau
on Monday amid a report that the agency was backing off an investigation into a massive data breach at Equifax
last year that exposed sensitive data about millions of people.
Last year there was a surge of reporting
on recent
Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau (CFPB) warnings and rules clarifications to banks.
Last year there was a surge of reporting
on recent
Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau (CFPB) warnings and rules... [Read more...]
A report out
last month from the
Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau suggests myriad ways in which student loan debt may be having a ripple effect
on the economy.
Last month, the
Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its annual report
on the most common complaints filed by student loan borrowers.
In a press statement
last month the FTC released the following statement regarding the matter «As we enter the year's biggest shopping period, companies need to be reminded that if they make product promises to
consumers — as Sony did with the «game changing» features of its PS Vita — they must deliver
on those pledges,» said Jessica Rich, Director of the FTC's Bureau of
Consumer Protection.
Last time we met, we were discussing a draft bill by the Federal Ministry of Justice and
Consumer Protection with the title «Draft Law
on Introducing an Entitlement to Survivors» Benefits».
Citing an official involved with the G20, Reuters reported
last week that discussions are likely to focus
on anti-money laundering steps and
consumer protection rather than how the digital asset class could impact the financial system.
She has spent the
last 15 years working
on housing finance, economic development, wealth inequality, short - term lending,
consumer protection and affordable housing issues.
In my
last column I discussed the duties imposed
on real estate agents by the Massachusetts
Consumer Protection Act, Chapter 93A.