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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

June

Jun 17, 2019

• Headlines | Here are the latest proposals to lower drug costs
• Headlines | CFPB celebrates achievements, despite departure from mission
• Headlines | Potent pot, vulnerable teens trigger concerns
• Headlines | As price of insulin soars, Americans head to Canada

Jun 14, 2019

• Opinions & Editorials | We read 150 privacy policies. They were incomprehensible
• Headlines | Sallie Mae is expanding from student loans to credit cards
• Headlines | How to protect your DNA data before and after taking an at-home test
• Headlines | Sen. Warren to cancel up to $50k in student debt for most borrowers

Jun 13, 2019

• Chinese Headlines | Beware of personal data being stolen! Medical ID Theft costed over $10K to fix (Chinese)
• Headlines | Social Security is staring at its first real shortfall in decades
• Headlines | Florida company sued over sale of skimpy health plans
• Headlines | Zuckerberg knew of ‘problematic’ privacy practices
• Headlines | Where 20 years of child online protection law went wrong
• Headlines | AI researchers race to detect ‘deepfake’ videos
• Spanish Headlines | Ford llama a reparar más de 1,3 millones de vehículos
• Spanish Headlines | Videos manipulados, peligro para seguridad nacional en EEUU
• Spanish Headlines | Florida: Autos autónomos podrán circular sin persona a bordo

Jun 12, 2019

• Opinions & Editorials | Help is almost here for retirement savers
• Headlines | Landmark deal reached on NY rent protections
• Headlines | Preparing your vacation home for renters
• Headlines | States sue over Sprint, T-Mobile merger
• Spanish Headlines | Correos podrían mostrar que Zuckerberg sabía de prácticas dudosas de privacidad en Facebook: WSJ
• Spanish Headlines | Chase prueba su nuevo concepto de sucursal bancaria en Harlem

Jun 11, 2019

• Chinese Headlines | Travelers data compromised in a data breach of the US Customs (Chinese)
• Headlines | Ring doorbells help police build surveillance network
• Headlines | Bankruptcy bill to wipe out borrowers’ student loan debt
• Headlines | Former for-profit college students sue Betsy DeVos
• Headlines | Bottled water drinkers could ingest double the amount of microplastic
• Spanish Headlines | SU BOLSILLO: ¿Tiene un familiar en un hogar de ancianos? Hay nuevos motivos de preocupación

Jun 10, 2019

• Chinese Headlines | No credit card? Bad credit score? Amazon can help you (Chinese)
• Chinese Headlines | Salesforce acquires Tableau Software in $15.3 billion deal (Chinese)
• Opinions & Editorials | Why is America so far behind Europe on digital privacy?
• Headlines | How safe is sunscreen?
• Headlines | If elected, Buttigieg would be first president with student loan debt
• Headlines | The elderly are getting complex surgeries, often with bad results
• Headlines | American Airlines cancels 737 Max flights through Sept. 3
• Spanish Headlines | 16.000 personas en L.A viven en su auto, pero los estacionamientos seguros siguen siendo escasos
• Spanish Headlines | Los precios de la gasolina se abaratan antes de iniciar el verano
• Spanish Headlines | El efecto de la licencia de paternidad en la salud de las nuevas madres

Jun 09, 2019

• Spanish Headlines | Para los californianos, el sueño dorado depende de dónde vivas y cuánto ganes
• Spanish Headlines | Cómo mejorar el puntaje crediticio antes de comprar una casa

Jun 08, 2019

• Chinese Headlines | Three ways to prevent identity theft and to protect personal information (Chinese)
• Chinese Headlines | Wells Fargo will pay customers $386 million over unwanted auto insurance (Chinese)
• Headlines | Consumer watchdog delays payday lending rule

Jun 07, 2019

• Chinese Headlines | Five ways to block robocalls (Chinese)
• Chinese Headlines | Telephone providers can block suspected robocalls on behalf of their subscribers (Chinese)
• Headlines | Maine’s strict new internet privacy protection
• Headlines | FCC paves the way for widespread blocking of robocalls
• Headlines | Quest Diagnostics: personal data breach of 12 million customers
• Headlines | 5 questions to ask about health apps

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