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Consumer interests can also serve consumers, consistent with economic efficiency, but this topic is treated in competition law. Consumer protection can also be asserted via non-government organizations and individuals as consumer activism. Efforts made for the protection of consumer's rights and interests are: The right to satisfaction of basic ...
The right to consumer education states that consumers should be able to acquire knowledge and skills needed to make informed, confident choices about goods and services while being aware of basic consumer rights and responsibilities and how to act on them.
The best-known examples of consumer protection statutes for product defects are lemon laws, which provide protection to purchasers of defective new vehicles and, in a small number of states, used vehicles. [51] In the United States, "cars are typically the second most valuable asset most people own, outranked only by their home." [52]
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Pub. L. 95-109; 91 Stat. 874, codified as 15 U.S.C. § 1692 –1692p, approved on September 20, 1977 (and as subsequently amended), is a consumer protection amendment, establishing legal protection from abusive debt collection practices, to the Consumer Credit Protection Act, as Title VIII of that Act.
The Consumer Safety Act (CPSA) was enacted on October 27, 1972, by the United States Congress. The act should not be confused with an earlier Senate Joint Resolution 33 of November 20, 1967, which merely established a temporary National Commission on Product Safety (NCPS), and for only 90-days (at a pittance of $100 per day).
Colorado enacts the Consumer Right To Repair Agricultural Equipment Act Requires agricultural equipment manufacturers to provide owners or independent repair providers with the resources and information to repair their equipment. First state in the U.S. to enact a Right to Repair law covering farming equipment [40] 2023 Minnesota law passed [41]
National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) National Consumers League; National Council Against Health Fraud; Organic Consumers Association; Public Citizen;
A consumer is a person or a group who intends to order, or use purchased goods, products, or services primarily for personal, social, family, household and similar needs, who is not directly related to entrepreneurial or business activities. The term most commonly refers to a person who purchases goods and services for personal use.