Media & Press
Browse Consumer Action's press releases and consumer news headlines culled from U.S. newspapers.
Headlines
- Dec 30, 2021 Ban on surprise medical bills starts this week
- Dec 27, 2021 Many home insurance premiums are rising
- Dec 23, 2021 CFPB takes aim at ‘buy now, pay later’
- Dec 22, 2021 Biden administration extends federal student loan payment pause
- Dec 22, 2021 Americans distrust Facebook, TikTok & Instagram with their data
- Dec 21, 2021 The ‘most serious’ security breach ever is unfolding right now
- Dec 16, 2021 The return of the 10-minute eviction
- Dec 16, 2021 The ultimate guide to secure passwords
- Dec 15, 2021 Global investors gobbling up first-time homebuyer homes
- Dec 08, 2021 What you need to know if you’re being tracked down by a debt collector
- Dec 08, 2021 Amazon’s search results full of ads that may be ‘deceiving’ consumers
- Dec 07, 2021 Safety app Life360 Is selling precise location data on Its users
- Dec 07, 2021 Your next smartphone might have a camera that’s always on
- Dec 01, 2021 New rule will let debt collectors track you down on social media
- Nov 25, 2021 How to protect yourself from online shopping scams this holiday season
- Nov 22, 2021 Amazon wages secret war on Americans’ privacy, documents show
- Nov 17, 2021 Apple concedes on Right to Repair
- Nov 15, 2021 How Congress plans to lower drug prices and out-of-pocket costs
- Nov 07, 2021 Last chance to get advance child tax credit
- Nov 03, 2021 Workers won arbitration cases against employers just 1.6 % of the time
- Nov 01, 2021 Will that college degree pay off? A look at the numbers
- Oct 26, 2021 Your browser can tell websites how to treat your data
- Oct 22, 2021 Justice Department to expand redlining investigation efforts
- Oct 21, 2021 Consumer watchdog to probe Big Tech payment systems
- Oct 19, 2021 Hearing aids without a prescription or an exam?
- Oct 11, 2021 Your driver’s license could soon live on your phone
- Oct 07, 2021 How to tell real products from scams when shopping online
- Oct 04, 2021 Senate confirms Rohit Chopra to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- Sep 29, 2021 Freddie Mac finds ‘pervasive’ bias in home appraisal industry
- Sep 27, 2021 Facebook delays Instagram app for users under 13
- Sep 27, 2021 Companies are hoarding your personal data. How to get them to delete it
- Sep 22, 2021 Financial pain points for older consumers
- Sep 21, 2021 Insurers restore deductibles, co-pays leaving patients with big bills
- Sep 13, 2021 Equifax will now offer credit reports in Spanish
- Sep 13, 2021 How you pay the rent may help your mortgage application
- Sep 09, 2021 CFPB wants to hear hear from small business owners about access to credit
- Sep 09, 2021 HHS releases plan to lower drug prices
- Sep 09, 2021 California aims to ban signage on non-recyclable ‘recyclables’
- Sep 06, 2021 The state of consumer data privacy laws
- Sep 02, 2021 New York extends eviction moratorium to January
- Aug 31, 2021 How to keep your phone charged and useful in a natural disaster
- Aug 30, 2021 How to block Facebook from snooping on you
- Aug 30, 2021 The financial price for choosing not to get vaccinated
- Aug 26, 2021 Fraud alert: Malicious QR codes
- Aug 26, 2021 About 89% of rental assistance funds have not been distributed
- Aug 25, 2021 What’s preventing Americans from getting the Emergency Broadband Benefit
- Aug 24, 2021 Privacy of streaming apps and devices: Watching TV that watches us
- Aug 24, 2021 How to choose and care for your kid’s masks
- Aug 23, 2021 Seeking early signals of dementia in driving and credit scores
- Aug 19, 2021 T-Mobile hack exposed personal data of 40 million people
- Aug 19, 2021 CFPB keeps pressure on mortgage companies to help homeowners
- Aug 19, 2021 US to erase student debt for those with severe disabilities
- Aug 17, 2021 How to prepare for student loan payments after pause
- Aug 17, 2021 Is there racism in the deed to your home?
- Aug 08, 2021 The stigma of a scarlet E
- Aug 08, 2021 QR codes are here to stay. So is the tracking they allow.
- Aug 07, 2021 Pause on federal student loan payments extended through January
- Aug 05, 2021 What to do about canceled flights this summer
- Aug 03, 2021 Biden administration moves to block evictions in most of U.S.
- Aug 03, 2021 CDC issues new eviction ban for most of US through Oct. 3
- Aug 03, 2021 After the eviction moratorium, here’s what renters need to know
- Aug 02, 2021 A tsunami of deferred debt is about to hit homeowners
- Aug 01, 2021 Pandemic eviction crisis leads to greater tenant protections
- Jul 30, 2021 Evictions looming, Biden fails to get Congress to extend ban
- Jul 29, 2021 Families paying off rent, food, debts with child tax credit
- Jul 29, 2021 A Pasadena startup got billions selling COVID tests. Then came questions
- Jul 28, 2021 Turn off, turn on: Simple step can thwart top phone hackers
- Jul 28, 2021 AP-NORC poll: Inequity in community support for older adults
- Jul 25, 2021 Health Care For Older Immigrants Sees Momentum Among States
- Jul 23, 2021 A priest’s phone location data outed his private life. It could happen to you
- Jul 19, 2021 iPhone security no match for NSO spyware
- Jul 16, 2021 Zelle & Venmo money transfer apps generate thousands of complaints
- Jul 14, 2021 How scam victims can file a claim for a MoneyGram refund
- Jul 14, 2021 Child tax credit payments arrive this week. Here’s what you need to know
- Jul 14, 2021 5 tricks to lower your Internet bill
- Jul 14, 2021 Survey finds price increases would drive away Post Office customers
- Jul 12, 2021 Help for the elderly who aren’t tech-savvy
- Jul 08, 2021 36 states sue Google over how it manages its Play Store
- Jul 07, 2021 New rule targets fraudulent ‘Made in USA’ claims
- Jul 06, 2021 Family blames Tesla’s Autopilot feature for 15-year-old’s death in California lawsuit
- Jul 02, 2021 Congress considers credit-reporting overhaul
- Jul 02, 2021 Child tax credit payments start arriving in a few weeks
- Jul 01, 2021 Rental assistance fell victim to politics, bureaucracy
- Jun 29, 2021 CFPB approves new foreclosure protections, but not blanket ban
- Jun 28, 2021 A woman’s guide to making the most of Social Security
- Jun 28, 2021 She wanted to stay. Her landlord wanted her out
- Jun 24, 2021 CDC extends eviction moratorium through July
- Jun 23, 2021 International coalition joins the call to ban ‘surveillance advertising’
- Jun 23, 2021 CFPB to adopt mortgage moratorium rule with some exclusions
- Jun 22, 2021 How Big Tech created a data ‘treasure trove’ for police
- Jun 22, 2021 Banks slowly offer alternatives to overdraft fees
- Jun 22, 2021 Mobile home owners fear evictions as pandemic protections end
- Jun 21, 2021 House to take big step on eliminating Trump-era rules
- Jun 21, 2021 Outcry forces UnitedHealthcare to delay plans to deny some ER coverage
- Jun 20, 2021 Consumer Confidential: Don’t just accept a cut to your credit limit. You can fight back
- Jun 17, 2021 ‘Obamacare’ survives: Supreme Court dismisses big challenge
- Jun 17, 2021 Biden administration will cancel $500 million in student loan debt
- Jun 16, 2021 When no landlord will rent to you, where do you go?
- Jun 15, 2021 Want a job? Employers say: Talk to the computer
- Jun 15, 2021 Some hospitals kept suing patients through the pandemic