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Consumer Action updates daily, headline news from a variety of news sources. The archive provides access in reverse chronological order, grouped by year, than month to allow for easier browsing.

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2019

November

Nov 19, 2019

• Opinions & Editorials | Predatory lenders working to freeze Arizona’s minimum wage
• Headlines | Retirement planning is a guessing game
• Headlines | Renting a vehicle through Europcar drove me crazy

Nov 18, 2019

• Opinions & Editorials | Why you shouldn’t saddle college-bound teens with student debt
• Headlines | Some Fitbit users, who don’t trust Google, are getting rid of the devices
• Headlines | FAFSA is often wrong about how much college you can afford
• Headlines | Facebook, Google donate heavily to privacy advocacy groups
• Spanish Headlines | EEUU: 800 pasajeros de atrás sin cinturón murieron en 2018
• Spanish Headlines | California demanda a fabricante de cigarrillos electrónicos

Nov 17, 2019

• Spanish Headlines | ¿Qué es lo mejor de los autos usados?

Nov 15, 2019

• Headlines | Paid parental leave isn’t enough
• Headlines | Public USB charging stations could drain your bank account
• Headlines | What’s your secret consumer score
• Headlines | Thanksgiving travel may mean paying extra to sit with your kids

Nov 14, 2019

• Headlines | Privacy, consumer groups seek to block Google-Fitbit deal
• Headlines | These companies are revolutionizing how people get paid
• Headlines | Google to offer customers checking accounts
• Headlines | Cities are reimagining their relationship with cars
• Headlines | Realtors association bans “pocket listings”

Nov 13, 2019

• Headlines | Expert calls some credit card offers ‘bait-and-switch’
• Headlines | Lawmakers aim to reduce payday loan rates from 400% to 36%
• Headlines | The cost to become a U.S. citizen is rising 61 percent
• Spanish Headlines | Estrategias inteligentes para que los millennials acumulen crédito
• Spanish Headlines | Nuevas mediciones satelitales muestran cuán contaminado está realmente el aire de Los Ángeles

Nov 12, 2019

• Headlines | Start saving now for emergency trips
• Headlines | Any of these 5,000 professional licenses could get a credit boost
• Headlines | Top public universities aren’t affordable for low-income students

Nov 11, 2019

• Headlines | How the algorithms running your life are biased

Nov 08, 2019

• Headlines | Zelle fraud emergency kit and FAQ
• Headlines | Who owns HIV-prevention drugs? Taxpayers, the U.S. says
• Headlines | A tiny pharmacy is identifying big problems with Zantac, etc.
• Headlines | Airbnb CEO pledges to verify all 7 million listings
• Headlines | What if the road to single-payer led through the states?

Nov 07, 2019

• Headlines | Silicon Valley lawmakers propose federal privacy agency
• Headlines | Medicaid’s dark secret
• Headlines | These beauty product ads aren’t real
• Headlines | The 100-year family

Nov 06, 2019

• Headlines | Facebook reveals new privacy mishap involving apps for groups
• Headlines | ‘Game-changer’ warrant let detective search genetic database
• Headlines | AT&T to pay $60 million over misleading ‘unlimited’ data plans
• Headlines | Apple, TikTok draw congressional rebuke for skipping hearing

Nov 05, 2019

• Headlines | How photos of your kids are powering surveillance technology
• Headlines | Sallie Mae expands into credit cards
• Headlines | Get more control over the banking data shared with financial apps
• Headlines | A couple’s $161,000 debt was forgiven after applications were rejected
• Spanish Headlines | Por qué congelar tu crédito por sí solo no detiene el robo de identidad
• Spanish Headlines | Esta enfermera necesita revisar su balance en el Seguro Social. He aquí cómo comprobar el suyo
• Spanish Headlines | EEUU: Recomiendan exigir que ciclistas usen casco
• Spanish Headlines | Florida sopesa prohibiciones a bloqueadores solares

Nov 04, 2019

• Opinions & Editorials | Government protects our food and cars. Why not our data?

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