Sentences with phrase «vulnerable consumers such»

Consumer groups also claim that vulnerable consumers such as the elderly and disabled are particularly ill - served by the current law.

Not exact matches

A pre-installed program on some newly purchased Dell laptops that can only be removed manually by consumers makes them vulnerable to cyber intrusions that may allow hackers to read encrypted messages and redirect browser traffic to spoofs of real websites such as Google or those belonging to a bank, among other attacks.

Smaller cable channels such as Esquire are finding themselves vulnerable as more consumers cut back on pay - TV services, dropping their packages entirely or opting for a so - called «skinny bundle» of fewer channels.

Such a frank acknowledgment of the losses of secularism and of how the absence of religious faith leaves brides and grooms vulnerable to the edicts of consumer capitalism may surprise or offend some readers.

«Our industry is acutely aware of its responsibilities,» she comments in the Food and Drink Federation report Delivering Healthy Growth, «whether tackling public health issues such as malnutrition or deficiency of certain nutrients in vulnerable groups or the growing challenge of obesity, or enabling consumers to make informed choices from a range of products than match modern lifestyles.

Today we are issuing subpoenas to 15 debt settlement companies that are using such aggressive and deceptive tactics to prey on vulnerable consumers here in New York so that we can reveal the full extent of their wrongdoing and harm.

explore opportunities to increase protection for vulnerable and vetted consumers such as modernizing payday loan legislation.

Such practices severely compound the pain of vulnerable consumers seeking to find resolutions to difficult student debt problems.

Consumers» reluctance to spend on nonessential items, such as retail goods and meals out, is a bad sign for the still - vulnerable U.S. economy, since economic growth in the U.S. depends on consumer spending.

First, the lawyers of PIAC represent organizations whose membership serves our target constituencies before boards and tribunals where the industries delivering such services are regulated, These organizations include the Canada Without Poverty (formerly NAPO), the Vulnerable Energy Consumers Coalition, the Consumers Association of Canada, the Ontario Council of Senior Citizens Organizations, National Pensioners and Senior Citizens Federation, Option consommateurs, Union de Consommateurs, and Rural Dignity of Canada among others.