BRIAN. SINCE TAKING OFFICE BACK IN JANUARY, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN TRYING TO ELIMINATE THE CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, AN AGENCY THAT WAS STARTED ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO AND ITS ...

For years, consumers have quietly edited themselves online. A harsh review softened. A detail left out. A complaint never posted at all. New research shows that when the legal threat behind that ...

NEW YORK STATE (WRGB) — As we enter the holiday shopping season, the Department of State’s Division of Consumer Protection is reminding New Yorkers shopping online to remain vigilant about scams and ...

Back in 2022, the term “surveillance advertising” became common parlance at the Federal Trade Commission. But you won’t catch any of the current commissioners or key staff invoking that term anymore.

Here’s what the agency has been doing for U.S. consumers since it was created in 2011—and what could change if the current administration continues to scale back its budget, staff, and mission By ...

By Ernest Yaw OSEIThis writer holds a Master of Laws in Corporate and Commercial Law from the University of Ghana School of LawExecutive SummaryDigital platforms in Ghana and across Africa have ...