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Consumer protection - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (661 words) |
 | Consumer protection is government regulation to protect the interests of consumers, for example by requiring businesses to disclose detailed information about products, particularly in areas where safety or public health is an issue, such as food. |
| Consumer protection is linked to the idea of consumer rights (that consumers have various rights as consumers), and to consumer organizations which help consumers make better choices in the marketplace. |
| Consumer protection law or consumer law is considered an area of public law that regulates private law relationships between individual consumers and the businesses that sell them goods and services. |
| ConsumerLoop #7: Consumer advocacy (1243 words) |
| Another driver shaping consumer advocacy is the collapse of consumer trust and increasingly, lack of trust in traditional forms of authority such as governments, many companies and other well worn, formerly respected figures. |
| Consumers are seeing through the varied statements and policies coming from totally different directions and are realising now that they may have the power to shape market development. |
| Increasing consumer advocacy is set to be a powerful force in the market-place in the future as a result of a combination of factors. |
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