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Can smoking void your computer’s warranty?

It seems that a few Apple warranties have been deemed void due to the fact that the owner was a a smoker, and consequently their Macs were contaminated. The Applecare contract says nothing about this, and the list of toxic materials includes other such dangerous household items as talcum powder and isopropyl alcohol. There's a long discussion of consumer rights and nanny laws and all that sort of...

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Consumer rights: Bling cover dilemma for broke graduate

I have just moved into a flat with a friend. We're graduates and haven't got jobs yet. I've got quite a lot of jewellery and my mother wants me to have it insured but I'm not sure how much to insure it for and I can't afford to spend much on a policy. HM Kent

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Christmas Shopping Budgeting With Christmas Gifts List App

What if you have to buy Christmas gifts for parents, brothers, husband, sister, children, aunt, uncle and who else more but you have only particular amount of money. You must handle the challenge and be organized while shopping. In addition, you should better remember wishes of potential gift receivers. It could appear hard but not with the new app - Christmas Gifts List which is developed by AdamCode...

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Proposed UK law would force ISP sanctions against file sharers

UK lawmakers officially announced the Digital Economy Bill intended to address issues identified by the Digital Britain Report. As expected it makes communications regulators at Ofcom responsible for curbing unauthorized P2P file sharing. Initially it doesn't go quite as far as entertainment industry representatives would like, and only requires that ISPs forward warning letters about alleged illegal...

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The FDCPA Slaps Restrictions on Bill Collectors

The FDCPA limits how bill collectors conduct business and defines consumers' rights in dealing with bill collectors. It also assigns penalties and remedies for when bill collectors violate these rights.

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EU Rules on eCommerce are "Counter-Productive"

Published: Friday 20 November 2009 The EU is in corrective mode on eCommerce after it created a web of burdensome rules in order to inspire more consumer confidence, argues the author of a report examining European rules on online shopping. Background: At present, the contractual rights of EU consumers are set out in four separate directives on unfair contract terms, sales and guarantees, distance...

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Mandelson Wants Gov’t To Have Sweeping Powers To Protect Copyright Holders

As pretty much everyone who reads Techdirt has been submitting today, Lord Peter Mandelson over in the UK -- the guy who just discovered copyright law after a resort vacation dinner with entertainment industry mogul David Geffen -- wants to go even further in changing copyright law against consumers' rights. We already know that he was the major force behind getting the UK to move forward with a plan...

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More Consumer Rights On the Way?

A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) urges legislators to revise the Fair Debt Collection and Practices Act (FDCPA) to give consumers more rights. Debt defaults are at the highest level in 18 years, which has presumably led to more people than ever being contacted by debt collectors. The report indicates that the Federal [...]

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U.S. Federal Regulators Issue Final Model Privacy Notice Form

Eight federal regulatory agencies today released a final model privacy notice form that will make it easier for consumers to understand how financial institutions collect and share information about consumers. Under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB Act), institutions must notify consumers of their information-sharing practices and inform consumers of their right to opt out of certain sharing practices....

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Shocked...

...is what I'd be if the Cons weren't regularly taking private positions siding with corporate interests over Canadians in general despite their public pretense to the contrary. Which means that their dishonesty on airline passengers' consumer rights comes as no surprise at all.

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Guide to rights useless, students say

A COLOURFUL 46-page guide on consumer rights for overseas students has been attacked as a useless waste of money by a foreign student support group.

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Copyright Consultation Provides Blueprint for Reform

Forgotten amidst the focus on ACTA over the past two weeks, was a recent column ( HT PDF version , homepage version ) I wrote for the Hill Times on the lessons that can be drawn from this summer's copyright consultation. The piece appears as part of a special section on copyright that included an interview with Industry Minister Tony Clement, Charlie Angus, Howard Knopf, Pina D'Agostino, and Simon...

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Consumerdaddy to Unveil the Largest Consumer Protection Network in India

Consumerdaddy.com website officials today announced that it has developed the biggest network of online consumer protection services in India. With an online library focused on a wide range of consumer related topics such as consumer rights, consumer reports, consumer reviews, consumer courts, consumer law, consumer complaints, and consumer NGOs, and services ranging from the ability to file a consumer...

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Europe – final agreement on the amendments to the telecoms legislations

[ec] Late last night (at 0:45), the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers reached an agreement on the EU Telecoms Reform, after intense negotiations brokered by the European Commission. The reform, proposed by the Commission in November 2007, substantially strengthens competition and consumer rights on Europe’s telecoms markets, facilitates high-speed internet broadband connections...

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Northern California auto body shop owners take on insurer

About 40 Northern California auto body shop operators gathered Thursday night in Rancho Cordova to learn how they might stand up to insurance giant State Farm. The unusual gathering at the Marriott Sacramento was organized by Northern California body shop owner Gene Crozat and lawyers who have represented him and scores of consumers in mostly small-claims cases against State Farm. Pete Bezeck, a Northern...