A measure moving forward in Sacramento would ban companies from up-charging prices based on data from users' phones. State ...

“This (current) legislation is over 20 years old, so it really needs some modernization,” said Ron Lemieux, minister responsible for consumer protection. “All consumers need to be protected.

Three years after laws went into effect to protect consumers from robocalls, a public interest advocacy group says less than half of phone companies are in compliance. That means many consumers are ...

Seniors on fixed incomes and low-income Ontarians are warned that, with the introduction of "smart meters" and time-of-use pricing, their electricity prices will skyrocket if they do not sign on ...

CAPTIJN: Regulatory agencies should protect the consumer, not the industry Many not convinced HCRA will be any different from its 43-year-old parent, Tarion Barbara Captijn ...

Ontario is strengthening protection for consumers making significant purchases to build a fairer, safer and more informed marketplace. If passed, the Strengthening Protection for Ontario Consumers Act ...

Here are five actions you can take to protect yourself as a consumer, all of which should take less than five minutes to complete. 1. Turn on Two-Step Verification on Your Email ...

Spurred to find ways to protect consumers as online shopping grows, the 30 countries belonging to the international economic and social-development group Organization for Economic Co-Operation and ...

'Consumers need protection' At the other end of the country, June Farmer of Cole Harbour, N.S., has decorated her 2011 Fiesta with decals of scowling lemons and a bumper sticker that reads ...

The EU group began a campaign in November 2005 to protect consumer rights in the digital environment, including the right to privacy and the right not to be criminalized.