Consumer Protection

• Advocates applaud the fed’s faster payment system, but urge fraud protection
• FAA evacuation tests could lead to unsafe and inhumane airline seating
• HUD’s attack on core civil rights tool opens the door for discrimination
• A new bill aimed at helping students lacks robust borrower protections
• Further cuts to Pell will put college out of reach for many low-income families
• New proposed rule empowers debt collects and their attorneys
• Healthcare mergers result in less choice and higher prescription drug prices for consumers
• Revamping the CFPB’s “Qualified Mortgage” standard could impact credit availability
• Consumer Action joins the Ban Facial Recognition Campaign
• Vehicle owners should have control over their vehicle’s data
• The never-ending scourge of unwanted calls continues to plague Americans
• Equifax data breach demonstrates the need for stronger cybersecurity regulation
• New College Affordability Coalition releases new principles for the Higher Education Act
• It’s time for swift action on robocalls
• DeVos clears the way for more fraudulent schools at taxpayers’ expense
• Overhauling the nation’s broken credit reporting system
• Don’t water down banks’ overdraft opt-in rule
• Robocall madness: It’s time to stop the scams and abuse
• New Jersey steps up to protect investors from predatory products and advice
• Opposition to commercial driver labor standards puts California workers and drivers at risk
• California to lead the effort to protect student loan borrowers
• Stop the onslaught of annoying robocalls
• Flawed HUD report lets Bank of America off the hook for possible lending violations
• Personal data has potential to fuel discrimination
• ED’s staffing shortage creates problems for struggling borrowers
• Is Mercedes-Benz cheating us out of clean air?
• Arbitration in America hurts consumers
• PROTECT students from predatory for-profit schools
• It’s time for Wall Street traders to pay their fair share
• Forced arbitration silences victims and should end
• Consumers need stronger credit reporting protections
• Americans are ready for comprehensive reform to lower prescription drug prices
• Advocates tackle data-driven discrimination
• The CREATES Act protects patients from outrageous prescription drug costs
• Protect consumers, not pyramid-scheme businesses
• How the government shutdown puts working families at risk
• The time is now for comprehensive consumer data privacy legislation
• Department of Education urged to extend loan discharge period for scammed students
• More could be done by the CFPB to stop harassment from debt collectors
• Trump wants to use credit scores to keep immigrants out of the country
• Kathy Kraninger is shockingly unqualified to lead the CFPB
• Groups renew call for no poison pill policy riders
• Advocates set the bar for upcoming discussion on privacy legislation
• National comparison data for colleges erased
• Strong, meaningful, and comprehensive privacy principles are needed to protect consumers
• Hands off the Medicare donut hole deal
• Trump administration to roll back fuel efficiency requirements
• A major victory for cheated students on borrower defense regulations
• Consumer advocates oppose loosening rules for FinTech providers
• Trump’s anti-discrimination official uses hate speech as recent as 2016
• The FCC can do more to stop annoying, and illegal, robocalls
• Advocates warn that HUD’s disaster relief program is too limited in scope
• ED’s latest regulatory rollback favors scam schools over students and taxpayers
• Protect consumers from excessive airline fees
• Senate should reject Kraninger for CFPB Director
• It’s buyer beware with the SEC’s latest best interest proposal
• Payday alternative loans shouldn’t permit cycle of high-cost debt
• 3M seniors could lose critical benefits if Benchmark Cap remains in Medicare Advantage
• “License to Kill” bills in New Jersey are as terrifying for consumers as they sound
• Health insurance tax would hit seniors hard
• The CFPB’s consumer education programs must be protected
• Keep for-profit school dollars out of the VA
• Advocates tell Santander: stop racial profiling in auto lending
• Groups tell temporary CFPB director: Hands off the public database!
• If companies can protect user data in Europe, they can protect it everywhere
• Modernizing Medicare education tools empowers seniors
• FHFA announces major upgrades to mortgage application process for LEP borrowers
• Consumer groups stand up to threats to take complaint database dark
• Border wall funding is a waste of taxpayer dollars
• Last-ditch effort to prevent auto lending discrimination fails
• Facebook’s facial recognition violates consumers’ privacy
• Transparency lacking in California arbitration proceedings
• Personal data of 50M Facebook users wrongly harvested for use in 2016 election
• Advocates alarmed as HUD considers dropping key mission
• 10 years after Great Recession, Senate considers Dodd-Frank rollbacks
• Stringent safety requirements needed before driverless cars hit the road
• PROSPER Act puts for-profit schools’ interests ahead of students and taxpayers
• Bill would block competition and choice in the contact lens market in Kentucky
• Protect employees by ending forced arbitration in the workplace
• SAFE Lending Act protects working families from cycle of debt
• Congress to gut key provision of Americans with Disabilities Act
• Policy riders are a shady attempt at regulating CFPB
• Bill would set back consumer rights in debt collection
• Aviation and passenger advocates oppose air traffic control privatization
• Third-party ticket websites may be harming consumers
• Save retirement rule, advocacy groups urge lawmakers
• Do not delay or revise 2016 nursing home protections
• Credit unions must follow robocall/text consent laws
• Consumer advocates keep the heat on multi-level marketing
• Forests bill tramples access to justice
• Consumers deserve more control over their credit reports
• Bill would damage credit scores of million of consumers
• Updates needed to protect servicemembers from debt collectors
• Do not let government agencies weaken consumer protections
• Who, or what, is spying on you at home?
• Advocates call on Congress do more for victims of Equifax breach
• Secretary DeVos called on to protect student loan borrowers of color
• Pell Grants remain in jeopardy, impacting vulnerable low-income students
• Enough with the sneaky and harmful policy riders
• Fiduciary rule should extend to non-retirement accounts too