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https://www.europesays.com/ie/506991/ EU hits Chinese retailer Temu with €200m fine over illegal products – The Journal #Business #ConsumerProtection #Éire #EU #EuropeanUnion #IE #Investigation #Ireland #Temu

COLLAPSE of Personal Computing | Investigation Into the Destruction of Ownership - Gamers Nexus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyQwAhppWj8

#PC #PCownership #consumer #pricing #AI #postconsumer #personalai #GamersNexus #cartel #tech #economy #CostOfLiving #AntiConsumer #ConsumerProtection

COLLAPSE of Personal Computing | Investigation Into the Destruction of Ownership - Gamers Nexus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyQwAhppWj8

#PC #PCownership #consumer #pricing #AI #postconsumer #personalai #GamersNexus #cartel #tech #economy #CostOfLiving #AntiConsumer #ConsumerProtection

COLLAPSE of Personal Computing | Investigation Into the Destruction of Ownership - Gamers Nexus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyQwAhppWj8

#PC #PCownership #consumer #pricing #AI #postconsumer #personalai #GamersNexus #cartel #tech #economy #CostOfLiving #AntiConsumer #ConsumerProtection

COLLAPSE of Personal Computing | Investigation Into the Destruction of Ownership - Gamers Nexus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyQwAhppWj8

#PC #PCownership #consumer #pricing #AI #postconsumer #personalai #GamersNexus #cartel #tech #economy #CostOfLiving #AntiConsumer #ConsumerProtection

COLLAPSE of Personal Computing | Investigation Into the Destruction of Ownership - Gamers Nexus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyQwAhppWj8

#PC #PCownership #consumer #pricing #AI #postconsumer #personalai #GamersNexus #cartel #tech #economy #CostOfLiving #AntiConsumer #ConsumerProtection

This stands on it's own and bears repeating often:

Today’s bans on DIY repairs of everything from cell phones to tractors grew out of Hollywood’s fear of videotaping.

https://theconversation.com/todays-bans-on-diy-repairs-of-everything-from-cell-phones-to-tractors-grew-out-of-hollywoods-fear-of-videotaping-280990

#RightToRepair #copyright #diy #consumerProtection

Courthouse News: Brazil gives data agency power to enforce Supreme Court’s Big Tech ruling. “Two decrees signed Wednesday by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and published Thursday turn the Supreme Court’s ruling on digital platform liability into administrative rules and give Brazil’s National Data Protection Authority a central role in overseeing tech companies.”

South Korea's Broadcasting and Media Communications Commission moves to impose fines on Compose Coffee for unilaterally eliminating customer loyalty stamps during app renovation, violating telecommunications law and consumer protection standards
#YonhapInfomax #ComposeCoffee #BroadcastingAndMediaCommunicationsCommission #TelecommunicationsBusinessAct #ConsumerProtection #LoyaltyStamps #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=121794

South Korea's Broadcasting and Media Communications Commission moves to impose fines on Compose Coffee for unilaterally eliminating customer loyalty stamps during app renovation, violating telecommunications law and consumer protection standards
#YonhapInfomax #ComposeCoffee #BroadcastingAndMediaCommunicationsCommission #TelecommunicationsBusinessAct #ConsumerProtection #LoyaltyStamps #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=121794

South Korea's Broadcasting and Media Communications Commission moves to impose fines on Compose Coffee for unilaterally eliminating customer loyalty stamps during app renovation, violating telecommunications law and consumer protection standards
#YonhapInfomax #ComposeCoffee #BroadcastingAndMediaCommunicationsCommission #TelecommunicationsBusinessAct #ConsumerProtection #LoyaltyStamps #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=121794

South Korea's Broadcasting and Media Communications Commission moves to impose fines on Compose Coffee for unilaterally eliminating customer loyalty stamps during app renovation, violating telecommunications law and consumer protection standards
#YonhapInfomax #ComposeCoffee #BroadcastingAndMediaCommunicationsCommission #TelecommunicationsBusinessAct #ConsumerProtection #LoyaltyStamps #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=121794

Coles investigates 'weird scratching' Apple gift card scam complaint
By Emilia Terzon

Coles is looking into a Melbourne mother's complaint about buying faulty Apple gift cards worth $2,000.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-21/coles-investigating-melbourne-mum-s-2-000-apple-gift-card-sc/106705738

#ScamsandFraud #ConsumerProtection #EmiliaTerzon

Commission publishes overview of national emergency measures taken to protect consumers and industry

The Commission has set up a repository of the different emergency measures taken by national governments since the…
#Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission #cleantechnology #consumerprotection #energyefficiency #energypolicy #energytransition #fossilfuel #RenewableEnergy #self-sufficiencyinenergy
https://www.europesays.com/europe/48267/

More travellers come forward as tour company cancellations mount
By Kristy Sexton-McGrath

The ABC has been contacted by more than 100 travellers since first reporting on the matter on Monday, with some claiming their tours were cancelled at the last minute and itineraries changed.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-20/avg-travels-tour-company-cancellations-refunds/106597488

#TourismandLeisureIndustry #TravelandTourism #ConsumerProtection #KristySextonMcGrath

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/05/19/shutterstock-to-pay-35m-over-hard-to-cancel-subscr-xcxwbn/

Shutterstock faces a proposed $35 million FTC settlement over subscription disclosures, automatic renewals, fees, and hard-to-cancel flows.

#ShutterStock #FTC #ConsumerProtection #ConsumerRights #Legal #Regulation #ECommerce #DigitalRights

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/05/19/shutterstock-to-pay-35m-over-hard-to-cancel-subscr-xcxwbn/

Shutterstock faces a proposed $35 million FTC settlement over subscription disclosures, automatic renewals, fees, and hard-to-cancel flows.

#ShutterStock #FTC #ConsumerProtection #ConsumerRights #Legal #Regulation #ECommerce #DigitalRights

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/05/19/shutterstock-to-pay-35m-over-hard-to-cancel-subscr-xcxwbn/

Shutterstock faces a proposed $35 million FTC settlement over subscription disclosures, automatic renewals, fees, and hard-to-cancel flows.

#ShutterStock #FTC #ConsumerProtection #ConsumerRights #Legal #Regulation #ECommerce #DigitalRights

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/05/19/shutterstock-to-pay-35m-over-hard-to-cancel-subscr-xcxwbn/

Shutterstock faces a proposed $35 million FTC settlement over subscription disclosures, automatic renewals, fees, and hard-to-cancel flows.

#ShutterStock #FTC #ConsumerProtection #ConsumerRights #Legal #Regulation #ECommerce #DigitalRights

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/05/19/shutterstock-to-pay-35m-over-hard-to-cancel-subscr-xcxwbn/

Shutterstock faces a proposed $35 million FTC settlement over subscription disclosures, automatic renewals, fees, and hard-to-cancel flows.

#ShutterStock #FTC #ConsumerProtection #ConsumerRights #Legal #Regulation #ECommerce #DigitalRights

https://www.europesays.com/ie/492579/ Kerry retailer attached ‘Made in Ireland’ labels to jumpers made in Pakistan – The Irish Times #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CompetitionAndConsumerProtectionCommissionCcpc #ConsumerProtection #DistrictCourt #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #IE #Ireland #kenmare #kerry #killarney #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #News #pakistan #Retail #TopStories #TopStories

Mashable: California lawmakers explore ways to preserve access to online games. “California lawmakers are deliberating a proposed bill, known as the ‘Protect Our Games Act,’ that would require publishers to continue offering access to online games even after developers stop supporting them, according to Ars Technica.”

Mashable: California lawmakers explore ways to preserve access to online games. “California lawmakers are deliberating a proposed bill, known as the ‘Protect Our Games Act,’ that would require publishers to continue offering access to online games even after developers stop supporting them, according to Ars Technica.”

Mashable: California lawmakers explore ways to preserve access to online games. “California lawmakers are deliberating a proposed bill, known as the ‘Protect Our Games Act,’ that would require publishers to continue offering access to online games even after developers stop supporting them, according to Ars Technica.”

Mashable: California lawmakers explore ways to preserve access to online games. “California lawmakers are deliberating a proposed bill, known as the ‘Protect Our Games Act,’ that would require publishers to continue offering access to online games even after developers stop supporting them, according to Ars Technica.”

Mashable: California lawmakers explore ways to preserve access to online games. “California lawmakers are deliberating a proposed bill, known as the ‘Protect Our Games Act,’ that would require publishers to continue offering access to online games even after developers stop supporting them, according to Ars Technica.”

$40m bid for airline crackdown as sector warns of higher fares, cancelled flights
By Kristy Sexton-McGrath

The federal government has announced nearly $40 million to fund an overhaul of aviation consumer rights.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-16/federal-budget-aviation-consumer-protections/106665266

#Budget #TravelandTourism #ConsumerProtection #KristySextonMcGrath

$40m bid for airline crackdown as sector warns of higher fares, cancelled flights
By Kristy Sexton-McGrath

The federal government has announced nearly $40 million to fund an overhaul of aviation consumer rights.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-16/federal-budget-aviation-consumer-protections/106665266

#Budget #TravelandTourism #ConsumerProtection #KristySextonMcGrath

$40m bid for airline crackdown as sector warns of higher fares, cancelled flights
By Kristy Sexton-McGrath

The federal government has announced nearly $40 million to fund an overhaul of aviation consumer rights.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-16/federal-budget-aviation-consumer-protections/106665266

#Budget #TravelandTourism #ConsumerProtection #KristySextonMcGrath

$40m bid for airline crackdown as sector warns of higher fares, cancelled flights
By Kristy Sexton-McGrath

The federal government has announced nearly $40 million to fund an overhaul of aviation consumer rights.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-16/federal-budget-aviation-consumer-protections/106665266

#Budget #TravelandTourism #ConsumerProtection #KristySextonMcGrath

$40m bid for airline crackdown as sector warns of higher fares, cancelled flights
By Kristy Sexton-McGrath

The federal government has announced nearly $40 million to fund an overhaul of aviation consumer rights.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-16/federal-budget-aviation-consumer-protections/106665266

#Budget #TravelandTourism #ConsumerProtection #KristySextonMcGrath

https://www.europesays.com/ie/485111/ CSOs Urge Tighter Food Regulations in Nigeria Amid Health Wo #ConsumerProtection #Éire #FoodRegulations #Health #HealthAdvocacy #hypertension #IE #Ireland #nigeria #NonCommunicableDiseases #Nutrition #ProcessedFoods #PublicHealth #SaltConsumption #SodiumReduction

https://www.europesays.com/uk/960281/ CSOs Urge Tighter Food Regulations in Nigeria Amid Health Wo #ConsumerProtection #FoodRegulations #Health #HealthAdvocacy #Hypertension #Nigeria #NonCommunicableDiseases #Nutrition #ProcessedFoods #PublicHealth #SaltConsumption #SodiumReduction #UK #UnitedKingdom

Thermos Stainless King Food Jars and Sportsman Food & Beverage Bottles Are Dangerous. These jars have stoppers that can violently eject when opened if pressure builds inside. #recallalert #kitchensafety #productrecall #consumerprotection #thermos
https://www.instagram.com/p/DYVeIz6PFBz/

Thermos Stainless King Food Jars and Sportsman Food & Beverage Bottles Are Dangerous. These jars have stoppers that can violently eject when opened if pressure builds inside. #recallalert #kitchensafety #productrecall #consumerprotection #thermos
https://www.instagram.com/p/DYVeIz6PFBz/

House Tax-Writers Huddle Over Crypto, Inching Toward a Bill https://www.byteseu.com/2020049/ #ConsumerProtection #Crypto #CryptoCurrency #CyberlawLegislation #DigitalCurrency #FederalTax #physicians

Letting the fox run the henhouse. Is there no end to regulatory capture in the world? This regulator will now only protect corporations, not the public.

Lawyer who defended Big Tech companies to lead Dutch privacy regulator https://nltimes.nl/2026/05/13/lawyer-defended-big-tech-companies-lead-dutch-privacy-regulator

#nlpol #nlpoli #nlpolitiek #regulatorycapture #nederland #netherlands #privacy #consumerprotection

Letting the fox run the henhouse. Is there no end to regulatory capture in the world? This regulator will now only protect corporations, not the public.

Lawyer who defended Big Tech companies to lead Dutch privacy regulator https://nltimes.nl/2026/05/13/lawyer-defended-big-tech-companies-lead-dutch-privacy-regulator

#nlpol #nlpoli #nlpolitiek #regulatorycapture #nederland #netherlands #privacy #consumerprotection

Letting the fox run the henhouse. Is there no end to regulatory capture in the world? This regulator will now only protect corporations, not the public.

Lawyer who defended Big Tech companies to lead Dutch privacy regulator https://nltimes.nl/2026/05/13/lawyer-defended-big-tech-companies-lead-dutch-privacy-regulator

#nlpol #nlpoli #nlpolitiek #regulatorycapture #nederland #netherlands #privacy #consumerprotection

Letting the fox run the henhouse. Is there no end to regulatory capture in the world? This regulator will now only protect corporations, not the public.

Lawyer who defended Big Tech companies to lead Dutch privacy regulator https://nltimes.nl/2026/05/13/lawyer-defended-big-tech-companies-lead-dutch-privacy-regulator

#nlpol #nlpoli #nlpolitiek #regulatorycapture #nederland #netherlands #privacy #consumerprotection

Letting the fox run the henhouse. Is there no end to regulatory capture in the world? This regulator will now only protect corporations, not the public.

Lawyer who defended Big Tech companies to lead Dutch privacy regulator https://nltimes.nl/2026/05/13/lawyer-defended-big-tech-companies-lead-dutch-privacy-regulator

#nlpol #nlpoli #nlpolitiek #regulatorycapture #nederland #netherlands #privacy #consumerprotection

Coles found to have misled shoppers in bombshell Federal Court case
By Michael Atkin and Lucy Kent

Supermarket giant Coles broke consumer law by misleading shoppers on discount prices, a Federal Court judge has found.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-14/coles-accc-federal-court-judgment/106673800

#ConsumerConfidence #Courts #ConsumerGoods #ConsumerProtection #MichaelAtkin #LucyKent

Coles found to have misled shoppers in bombshell Federal Court case
By Michael Atkin and Lucy Kent

Supermarket giant Coles broke consumer law by misleading shoppers on discount prices, a Federal Court judge has found.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-14/coles-accc-federal-court-judgment/106673800

#ConsumerConfidence #Courts #ConsumerGoods #ConsumerProtection #MichaelAtkin #LucyKent

Coles found to have misled shoppers in bombshell Federal Court case
By Michael Atkin and Lucy Kent

Supermarket giant Coles broke consumer law by misleading shoppers on discount prices, a Federal Court judge has found.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-14/coles-accc-federal-court-judgment/106673800

#ConsumerConfidence #Courts #ConsumerGoods #ConsumerProtection #MichaelAtkin #LucyKent

Coles found to have misled shoppers in bombshell Federal Court case
By Michael Atkin and Lucy Kent

Supermarket giant Coles broke consumer law by misleading shoppers on discount prices, a Federal Court judge has found.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-14/coles-accc-federal-court-judgment/106673800

#ConsumerConfidence #Courts #ConsumerGoods #ConsumerProtection #MichaelAtkin #LucyKent

Coles found to have misled shoppers in bombshell Federal Court case
By Michael Atkin and Lucy Kent

Supermarket giant Coles broke consumer law by misleading shoppers on discount prices, a Federal Court judge has found.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-14/coles-accc-federal-court-judgment/106673800

#ConsumerConfidence #Courts #ConsumerGoods #ConsumerProtection #MichaelAtkin #LucyKent

The FTC is still quite active, by the way.

Shutterstock to Pay $35 Million to Settle FTC Allegations Over Illegal Subscription and Cancellation Practices
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/05/shutterstock-pay-35-million-settle-ftc-allegations-over-illegal-subscription-cancellation-practices
#lawfedi #consumerprotection

The FTC is still quite active, by the way.

Shutterstock to Pay $35 Million to Settle FTC Allegations Over Illegal Subscription and Cancellation Practices
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/05/shutterstock-pay-35-million-settle-ftc-allegations-over-illegal-subscription-cancellation-practices
#lawfedi #consumerprotection

The FTC is still quite active, by the way.

Shutterstock to Pay $35 Million to Settle FTC Allegations Over Illegal Subscription and Cancellation Practices
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/05/shutterstock-pay-35-million-settle-ftc-allegations-over-illegal-subscription-cancellation-practices
#lawfedi #consumerprotection

The FTC is still quite active, by the way.

Shutterstock to Pay $35 Million to Settle FTC Allegations Over Illegal Subscription and Cancellation Practices
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/05/shutterstock-pay-35-million-settle-ftc-allegations-over-illegal-subscription-cancellation-practices
#lawfedi #consumerprotection