Consumer Rights Law 
Gov’t Promotes Consistent Approaches to Consumer and Health Data Privacy – iHealthBeat
Both documents acknowledge that most federal data privacy laws apply only to specific sectors … The White House’s “Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights” applies to commercial uses of “personal data,” which is defined as data that are “linkable …
Consumer protections considered for prepaid debit cards – USA Today
“A big part of CFPB (getting involved) is creating a level playing field so people have the same rights and protections on prepaid cards as they do on a debit card,” says Lauren Saunders, managing attorney with the National Consumer … Continue reading
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau considers rules for prepaid cards: Plain Dealing – Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says it’s time … The bureau is considering expanding Regulation E, a law that spells out rights and responsibilities of consumers in electronic transactions, to include general-use prepaid cards …
A new European Consumer Agenda – Boosting confidence and growth by putting consumers at the heart of the Single Market – eGov Monitor
However, it takes more than new laws to make the digital single market work for consumers. Member States need to step up the swift and non-bureaucratic implementation of EU rules so that consumer rights become a concrete reality for our … Continue reading
Consumer group complains against DDC – Himalayan Times
KATHMANDU: Consumer rights group National Consumer Forum (NCF … The consumer group has also demanded compensation for consumers from DDC for its irresponsible act. The Department of Commerce said it was also aware about the complaints from …
Class action to benefit consumers – Times of Malta
The introduction of class action would encourage more people to take up collective proceedings for infringements of the Competition Act and the Consumer Affairs Act … consumers and increasing their rights. He agreed with opposition spokesman on justice …
Obama health care hangs on Constitution’s commerce clause – Worcester Telegram & Gazette
When the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the justices said next … underlying federal laws that affect every American business and consumer, from the 1938 minimum-wage statute to the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial regulations.
Legislation Targets Employers That Ask For Social Media Passwords – Click2Houston.com
While proponents of the proposed legislation agree that employees should have the legal right to their social media privacy, there appears to be a disagreement over whether students should be extended those rights. The Password Protection Act …
Legal Barriers Project Launches HealthInfoLaw.org – Yahoo Finance
HealthInfoLaw.org offers keys to understanding the laws that govern health information and their implications for health care, consumer rights, and population health,” says Sara Rosenbaum, JD, Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law and …
Meet the Harvard Professor Trying to Kill the Volcker Rule – Minyanville
Hal S. Scott of Harvard Law School,” Bart Naylor, Financial Policy Advocate at consumer rights group Public Citizen, and former Chief of Investigations for the US Senate Banking Committee, tells me in an email.
