The council said officers were looking into "potential breaches of consumer legislation".
But the tickets do not exist and out-of-pocket customers are told to use consumer legislation to get money back from their credit card companies.
Things stand to improve going forward as financing continues to become more available, as resort development recovers, and also as consumer-protection legislation increases confidence in the industry.
While the cost of EPR would be built into the cost of consumer products, the legislation would eliminate the fee consumers currently pay for city- or county-provided recycling.
His Green allies in government will demand more consumer protection and environmental legislation at the European level though these days even the European Commission, weary of criticism, wants Europe to regulate less intrusively.
While several federal laws are in place to protect personal data, Nevada and Massachusetts have passed more stringent legislation to protect consumer information from data breaches.
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One of the main elements of the legislation is a new consumer financial protection bureau within the Federal Reserve.
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Likewise, this legislation instituted a more consumer-friendly payment structure for personal credit cards while providing no such provisions for business credit cards.
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He says consumer rights would be affected by legislation that recognised that electronic signatures were valid if they were issued by the proposed licensing bodies.
It proves that this legislation, if you look at it compared to the previous Senate legislation, provides better consumer protection, greater affordability, greater deficit reduction, and more coverage for the uninsured.
The news isn't all bad: Recent legislation has resulted in more consumer-friendly disclosure rules on everything from credit cards to mortgage documents.
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With a great management team, growing consumer demand for food safety, new legislation, and a rock-solid balance sheet, I believe NEOG has a strong chance for superior growth over the next five years.
Ten states have announced an increase in their minimum wage effective January 1, mostly because their legislation requires an adjustment to the Consumer Price Index inflation measure.
Starting today, credit cards are much more consumer-friendly as the final aspects of federal legislation come into effect.
In around two-thirds of cases, Microsoft relies on old consumer-protection and fraud laws rather than new legislation specifically designed to counter spam (though the firm supports spam laws, as they tend to eliminate legal loopholes).
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Whether it is on derivatives, whether it is on, as you heard the Secretary mention, the consumer financial protection agency, where people thought this legislation might end up a few months ago, is now in a much, much stronger position.
The White House has also now weighed in on the debate proposing its own legislation and advocating its position in its Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World: A Framework for Protecting Privacy and Promoting Innovation in the Global Digital Economy, released on February 23, 2012.
C. rallies and is now a consumer advocate to advise on rule-making after the legislation was passed.
She added that the new regulation also contradicts existing EU legislation by focussing on the court in the consumer's country.
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The same points apply to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau created by the Dodd-Frank legislation to further regulate the financial services industry.
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On Tuesday, the administration sent lawmakers a 150-page draft of legislation that would create an agency devoted to consumer protection for financial products.
Proponents of legislation argue the industry is a Wild West where consumer data are gathered and sold without restrictions.
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While there is no broad legislation around travellers' rights in Australia, new consumer laws could be headed in that direction.
America, which accounts for some 40% of global drug sales, introduced legislation in 1997 that allowed direct-to-consumer advertising of pharmaceuticals.
Critics of the legislation contend that it was a boon to the consumer credit industry and that it did not address the root causes of bankruptcy.
But U.S. and European consumer demands for a conflict-free minerals trade, congressional legislation, International Monetary Fund aid suspensions, U.N. experts' reports, responsible investors and other influential voices are making it harder to profit violently and illegally from mineral smuggling.
The biggest areas for new legislation at the moment are the environment, public health, consumer protection and internal security.
Glover-Weiss said the task force consulted with energy executives, environmental groups, labor unions, consumer groups and a wide array of others as it developed the energy policy driving legislation now moving through Congress.
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