Consumer protection is a general concept that involves protecting people from buying things and services that are unsafe or fraudulent. The best know consumer protection organization in the United States is the Consumer Product Safety Commission...

Consumer advocacy refers to actions taken by individuals or groups to promote and protect the interests of the buying public. Historically, consumer advocates have assumed a somewhat adversarial role in exposing unfair business practices or unsafe...

Webster's dictionary defines consumerism as "a movement for the protection of the consumer against defective products, misleading advertising, etc." Limited consumer protection was present until the 1950s and early 1960s. In the...

Measures to enforce minimum standards in the provision of goods and services, to provide advisory services for consumers and, in the case of public corporations (UK), to establish users’ councils to handle complaints. The principal measures...

Consumer protection is a form of government regulation which protects the interests of consumers. For example, a government may require businesses to disclose detailed information about products—particularly in areas where safety or public health is...

Identity theft -- the misuse of an individual's personal or financial information for the purpose of fraud -- is on the rise, with an estimated 12 million Americans already victimized and 1 million new cases each year. Calling identity theft "the most serious...

It's not quite correct to say the story surrounding Allstate's desire to alter its wind and had coverage in south Louisiana ha been told ad nauseam, since the story is strikingly different depending on which side is telling it. Basically, the story involves Allstate.,...

The Consumer Product Safety Commission's authority and funding may be vastly improved by one of two bills in Congress, but lobbyists are locked in a bitter tug-of-war that some say could derail the legislation. The House's H.R. 4040 and the Senate's S. 2045 look the...

A customer who lost a $54 million lawsuit against a dry cleaner over a missing pair of pants on Wednesday asked a judge to reconsider the verdict.Roy L. Pearson, a local administrative law judge, argued that District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Judith Bartnoff failed...