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Consumer protection law or consumer law is considered an area of public law that regulates private law relationships between individual consumers and the businesses that sell them goods and services. Consumer protection covers a wide range of topics including but not necessarily limited to product liability, privacy rights, unfair business practices, fraud, misrepresentation, and other consumer/business interactions.
Such laws deal with bankruptcy, credit repair, debt repair, product safety, service contracts, bill collector regulation, pricing, utility turnoffs, consolidation and much more.
In the United States there are a variety of laws on the federal or state levels that deal with consumer affairs including the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Truth in Lending Act, Fair Billing Act, and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and much more. Federal consumer protection laws are usually enforced by the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice. At the state level, many states have a Department of Consumer Affairs devoted to regulating certain industries and protecting consumers who regularly use goods and services from those industries. (this article compliments of Wikipedia)
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Consumer News
EU, UEFA set up consumer hotline for Euro 2008 fans (AFP via Yahoo! News) The EU and UEFA have launched an information campaign and helpline to advise fans travelling to Euro 2008 on their consumer rights and to provide support for those who run into problems. | Consumer pullback cuts J.C. Penney profit in half (USA Today) Department store retailer J.C. Penney says a pullback in consumer spending has cut its first-quarter profit in half, and predicts "difficult" conditions for the entire year. | Inflation may be worse than consumer price index shows (USA Today) Technical factors held down the government's consumer price index in April, but economists say inflation isn't whipped. The CPI rose 0.2% in April, down from 0.3% in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Wednesday. The index has risen 3.9% since April 2007. | Consumer Inflation Cooled Last Month, Making Fed's Case (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News) U.S. consumer prices rose less than expected in April, the Labor Department said Wednesday, a sign that the slowing economy may be bringing about a long-awaited easing of inflation. | US consumer prices rose slightly in April (AFP via Yahoo! News) US consumer prices rose a moderate 0.2 percent in April, as energy costs appeared to stabilize after sharp gains earlier this year, a government report showed Wednesday. |

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