Consumers Pay High Price For Ignoring Fine Print
The Center for Plain Language is calling on government agencies and businesses to make agreements and notices more understandable and readable.
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The Center for Plain Language is calling on government agencies and businesses to make agreements and notices more understandable and readable.
Thinking of selling your car or some other valuable item through a classified ad or online?
Infomercials – These are program-length TV and radio commercials that tout making money.
How does identity theft happen?
This is National Consumers Protection Week. This is a campaign to reach consumers to help them make informed decisions but also to help them avoid being scammed.
It could be just a matter of time before stores start using technology that not only recognizes your habits, but also tracks your spending.
There is a law in place that requires each of the large reporting companies, TransUnion, Equifax and Experian, to provide you with an annual free copy of your credit report, at your request.
Every time you have heard me talking about credit reports you have made a mental note to check yours.
They are free! Do not pay for them!
Thinking of selling your car or some other valuable item through a classified ad or online?
Wealth building schemes aren't just about Ponzi schemes.
Your name, address, Social Security number, date of birth, credit card numbers, ATM numbers and checking account numbers are floating around everywhere.
This is National Consumers Protection Week.
Cyber analyst Carl Howe browsed through sweaters from his computer at work Wednesday, just to illustrate how much revealing personal information we scatter into the electronic wind.
An amendment to the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) requires each of the large reporting companies, TransUnion, Equifax and Experian, to provide you with an annual free copy of your credit report, at your request.
