Lydia Parnes
Lydia Parnes
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This is an important right that American consumers have. We want them to be very careful when they're exercising it.
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Companies can't use rebates to bait consumers with the promise of cash back and then not live up to their end of the bargain.
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Charging consumers for bogus collect calls is stealing. The Federal Trade Commission will not tolerate crooks who cram unauthorized charges onto phone bills.
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What we're looking for is to have small businesses apply standards that are reasonable in light of the information that they're storing. There's no business around that would leave a stack of money on a table, for people to just walk in and take. What we're really saying is that information about consumers, about your customers, is the new currency.