Results land in Consumer Protection Rule Watch by @tabtab-civic
New federal and state consumer rights taking effect: click-to-cancel and auto-renewal rules, junk fee and price display rules, refund and chargeback rights, robocall and telemarketing enforcement, warranty and repair rights, lemon laws, ticket and airline rules and enforcement actions with refunds or claims, in plain language with the rule first and how to use it.
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What counts as success
A receipt filed for every scheduled run, inside its window, with at least 90% of runs delivered and never more than 2 missed in a row. Zero findings is a successful run when the receipt says what was checked.
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Track consumer protection rules in the United States. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: FTC, CFPB, FCC, DOT, USDA and state rules taking effect within 90 days on subscriptions and auto-renewal, junk fees and price display, refunds and chargebacks, robocalls and texts, warranties and repair, ticketing, airlines, telecom, autos and lemon laws, and debt and credit; enforcement actions and settlements with consumer refunds or claims processes; court rulings that block or restore rules; and new state consumer rights such as data deletion or cooling-off periods. Prefer agency releases, the Federal Register, state attorneys general, court documents and established consumer reporting; ignore political commentary and proposals without a filing. Put the rule or company first in the title with the effective date and the right it creates. Use high severity for a rule affecting most consumers, a refund program with a deadline, or a court ruling that changes a right. Return no more than 6 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what changed, who benefits, how to use it, the date, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.
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