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Taken from the front pages of newspapers around the nation, News Headlines is your source for consumer issues. Access current and archived News Headlines collected by Consumer Action. News Headlines are listed in reverse chronological order, grouped by year, then month to allow for easier browsing.

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2018

March

Mar 30, 2018

• Tips for better passwords
• MyFitnessPal hack affects 150 million user accounts
• H&M, a fashion giant, has a problem: $4.3 billion in unsold clothes
• US to require would-be immigrants to turn over social media handles

Mar 29, 2018

• Tesla recalls 123,000 Model S cars over faulty steering component (Chinese)
• Fake Chinese embassy phone calls received by at least 6 Asian victims (Chinese)
• How a grant became a loan
• Under Ben Carson, HUD scales back fair housing enforcement
• Are mobile payments tricking you into leaving a larger tip?
• Facebook cuts ties to data brokers in blow to targeted ads
• EEUU penalizaría a inmigrantes que usen crédito fiscal
• Starbucks debe poner advertencia sobre cáncer en cafés que venda en California

Mar 28, 2018

• Facebook introduces central page for privacy and security settings
• Dept. of Education fail: Teachers lose grants, forced to repay in loans
• Facebook sued for allegedly allowing housing advertisers to discriminate
• Redlining, banned 50 years ago, is still hurting minorities today
• Limited English proficiency is a barrier to homeownership
• La tecnología quiere llegar hasta tu cocina
• Servicio de Adobe monitoreará la actividad de los usuarios
• Aplicaciones telefónicas facilitan relación médico-paciente
• Facebook ajusta herramientas de privacidad para mitigar descontento por filtración de datos

Mar 27, 2018

• Twitter bans cryptocurrency adverts over fraud fears (chinese)
• California sues Trump administration over addition of citizenship question
• Grocery wars turn small chains into battlefield casualties
• Congress wants to drag Google and Twitter into Facebook’s privacy crisis
• Las exigencias de privacidad ponen en jaque a los gigantes de la tecnología
• Demandan a FDA por demorar estudio cigarrillos electrónicos

Mar 26, 2018

• Telemarketing firm solicited for sham charities to close (Chinese)
• Facebook questioned about pulling Android call, text data
• Tax planners look for loopholes amid uncertainty over new law
• Student loan forgiveness program gets $350M boost to aid borrowers
• Would students trade retirement benefits for student debt relief?
• España captura a hackers que robaron millones a bancos
• Regulador EEUU investiga prácticas de privacidad de Facebook
• Los planes de Facebook tras el escándalo de robo de datos

Mar 23, 2018

• 5,000 Retail Stores in the United States Last Year lost business to online stores (Chinese)
• Southern California City of Los Alamitos opting out of illegal sanctuary state law (Chinese)
• Don’t be greedy - help the elderly with their savings (Chinese)
• Zuckerberg broke his silence in the misuse of 50 million people’s personal information (Chinese)
• When it comes to donating money, whom do you trust?
• If media giants grow, so may your bills
• How you know it’s time to get rid of your old car
• You may soon be able to declare bankruptcy on your student loans
• Pasantías pagadas, un buen comienzo profesional
• La peor crisis de Facebook: Lo que hay que saber
• Los secretos que guardan tus me gusta

Mar 22, 2018

• Beware of scam call on your medicare health insurance card (Chinese)
• How to reduce risks after Facebook’s breach (Chinese)
• Equifax data breach on the rise, new bill will impose fine on the next breach (Chinese)
• Chase rarely lends to people of color in DC – and it’s probably legal

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