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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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2021

December

Dec 21, 2021

• Headlines | The ‘most serious’ security breach ever is unfolding right now

Dec 16, 2021

• Headlines | The return of the 10-minute eviction
• Headlines | The ultimate guide to secure passwords

Dec 15, 2021

• Headlines | Global investors gobbling up first-time homebuyer homes

Dec 08, 2021

• Headlines | What you need to know if you’re being tracked down by a debt collector
• Headlines | Amazon’s search results full of ads that may be ‘deceiving’ consumers

Dec 07, 2021

• Headlines | Safety app Life360 Is selling precise location data on Its users
• Headlines | Your next smartphone might have a camera that’s always on

Dec 01, 2021

• Headlines | New rule will let debt collectors track you down on social media

November

Nov 25, 2021

• Headlines | How to protect yourself from online shopping scams this holiday season

Nov 22, 2021

• Headlines | Amazon wages secret war on Americans’ privacy, documents show
• Spanish Headlines | Piden ley sobre privacidad tras reporte sobre “lobby” de Amazon

Nov 20, 2021

• Spanish Headlines | Ventajas y desventajas de Medicare Advantage

Nov 19, 2021

• Chinese Headlines | CA 50th Anniversary

Nov 17, 2021

• Headlines | Apple concedes on Right to Repair

Nov 15, 2021

• Headlines | How Congress plans to lower drug prices and out-of-pocket costs

Nov 07, 2021

• Headlines | Last chance to get advance child tax credit

Nov 03, 2021

• Headlines | Workers won arbitration cases against employers just 1.6 % of the time

Nov 01, 2021

• Headlines | Will that college degree pay off? A look at the numbers

October

Oct 26, 2021

• Headlines | Your browser can tell websites how to treat your data

Oct 22, 2021

• Headlines | Justice Department to expand redlining investigation efforts
• Spanish Headlines | Tiendas de dólar: ¿Son una oferta o no?

Oct 21, 2021

• Headlines | Consumer watchdog to probe Big Tech payment systems

Oct 19, 2021

• Headlines | Hearing aids without a prescription or an exam?

Oct 15, 2021

• Spanish Headlines | Respuestas a tus preguntas sobre la vacuna contra el coronavirus en los niños

Oct 11, 2021

• Headlines | Your driver’s license could soon live on your phone
• Spanish Headlines | 13 estados que cobran impuestos por recibir beneficios del Seguro Social

Oct 10, 2021

• Spanish Headlines | Estadounidenses desembolsan $175 dólares más por mes, por inflación

Oct 07, 2021

• Headlines | How to tell real products from scams when shopping online

Oct 04, 2021

• Headlines | Senate confirms Rohit Chopra to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

September

Sep 29, 2021

• Headlines | Freddie Mac finds ‘pervasive’ bias in home appraisal industry

Sep 27, 2021

• Headlines | Facebook delays Instagram app for users under 13
• Headlines | Companies are hoarding your personal data. How to get them to delete it

Sep 26, 2021

• Spanish Headlines | Instagram suspende planes de lanzar versión para niños

Sep 22, 2021

• Headlines | Financial pain points for older consumers

Sep 21, 2021

• Opinions & Editorials | Medicare should be able to negotiate drug prices
• Headlines | Insurers restore deductibles, co-pays leaving patients with big bills

Sep 20, 2021

• Spanish Headlines | Cómo administrar tus tarjetas de crédito
• Spanish Headlines | La pandemia afectó tu economía. Esto debes hacer

Sep 19, 2021

• Spanish Headlines | Lentes inteligentes: Facebook le da una oportunidad a la tecnología que hizo quedar mal a Google

Sep 17, 2021

• Spanish Headlines | Evita que una crisis de salud se convierta en una catástrofe financiera

Sep 13, 2021

• Headlines | Equifax will now offer credit reports in Spanish
• Headlines | How you pay the rent may help your mortgage application

Sep 09, 2021

• Headlines | CFPB wants to hear hear from small business owners about access to credit
• Headlines | HHS releases plan to lower drug prices
• Headlines | California aims to ban signage on non-recyclable ‘recyclables’

Sep 06, 2021

• Headlines | The state of consumer data privacy laws

Sep 03, 2021

• Spanish Headlines | Las vacunas se diseñaron contra la enfermedad grave y para eso son efectivas

Sep 02, 2021

• Headlines | New York extends eviction moratorium to January
• Spanish Headlines | ‘El algoritmo me despidió’: un proyecto de ley de California apunta a cambiar la dura cultura laboral de Amazon

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