consumer services calls

• Consumer Watchdog Calls On Government to Suspend Contracts for Google's 'Cloud' Services in Wake of Disclosures Internet Giant Misrepresented Products

SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumer Watchdog today called on the federal government to suspend any contracts with Google to provide so-called "cloud computing" services after it was revealed the Internet giant misrepresented the security of those services. In court papers unsealed on April 8, the U.S. Justice Department said that Google claimed its "Google Apps for Government" had received Federal Information Security Management Act certification from the General Service Administration when in fact it had not.

• U.S. Newswire
• April 11, 2011

• Common carrier services: Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991; implementation— Interstate telemarketing calls; declaratory ruling petitions,

• FR, June 29, 2005
• Proposed rules
• Federal Communications Commission

• Common carrier services: Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991; implementation— Interstate telemarketing calls; declaratory ruling petitions,

• FR, June 29, 2005
• Proposed rules
• Federal Communications Commission

• Against Financial-Literacy Education

The dominant model of regulation in the United States for consumer credit, insurance, and investment products is disclosure and unfettered choice. As these products have become more complex, consumers' inability to understand them has become increasingly apparent, and the consequences of this inability more dire. In response, policymakers have embraced financial-literacy education as a necessary corollary to the disclosure model of regulation. This education is widely believed to turn consumers into "responsible" and "empowered" market players, motivated and competent to make financial decisions that increase their own welfare. The vision created is of educated consumers handling their own credit, insurance, and retirement planning matters by confidently navigating the bountiful unrestr...

... International Conference on Financial Services in Brussels, Belgium, are gratefully acknowledged.... their plight, shaming them and deflecting calls for effective market regulation. Opportunity costs...

• Iowa Law Review
• Nbr. 94-1, November 2008

• Common carrier services: Telephone Consumer Protection Act; implementation— California Consumer Legal Remedies Act; interstate telephone calls; declaratory ruling petition,

• FR, June 15, 2005
• Proposed rules
• Federal Communications Commission

• Community banks: surviving unprecedented financial reform.

... House passes the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009 . ** * Timeline sources: Ki...In 2009, the House Financial Services Committee presented the Wall Street Reform and Con... standards implement what the white paper calls "plain vanilla" products and services, or what the...

• Academy of Banking Studies Journal
• Vol. 10 Nbr. 2, July 2011

• Common carrier services: Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991; implementation— Autodialed or prerecorded message calls to wireless numbers; national do-not-call registry; safe harbor provisions,

• FR, October 08, 2004
• Rules
• Federal Communications Commission

• 17 CFR 248.121 - Affiliate marketing opt out and exceptions.

... not use eligibility information about a consumer that you receive from an affiliate to make a marke...(C) Decide which of your products or services to market to the consumer or tailor your marketing...If the consumer calls the toll-free number to inquire about the investme...

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 17: Commodity and Securities Exchanges

• Common carrier services: Telephone Consumer Protection Act; implementation— Interstate telephone calls; Florida statute and telemarketing law; declaratory ruling petition,

• FR, January 03, 2005
• Proposed rules
• Federal Communications Commission

• A Break On Energy Costs?

When natural gas bills rise, Utah cities and the state get richer -- about $20.1 million richer this year, according to documents provided to the Deseret Morning News by the state Committee of Consumer Services. And Leslie Reberg, executive director of the committee, calls that a windfall.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• January 24, 2006