CONSUMER INFORMATION
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Center for Auto Safety - http://www.autosafety.org
Commercial Alert - http://www.commercialalert.org
"Protecting children, families and communities
from the excesses of commercialism,
advertising and marketing."
Consumer Federation of America -
http://www.consumerfed.org/
An advocacy and educational organization on issues of
consumer interest.
Consumer.gov - http://www.consumer.gov
"Your resource for consumer information from the federal
government."
- Consumer Information Internet
Resources Page- http://www.fortworthlibrary.org/consume.htm
This site, from the Fort Worth, Texas Public Library, provides
links to a variety
of consumer issues.
Consumer Protection
Division of the Maryland Attorney General’s Office - http://www.oag.state.md.us/Consumer/index.htm
"The Consumer Protection Division provides
mediation services to consumers to help resolve
complaints against businesses. We can also provide information
about complaints that have
been filed against businesses, tell you if your health club is properly
registered and provide
publications to help you make good decisions in the marketplace."
- Consumer ReportsŪ Online - http://www.consumerreports.org/
Consumer information from the magazine, Consumer
Reports, including evaluations of the
reliability of products such as automobiles, appliances, and
electronics.
- Consumer World - http://www.consumerworld.org/
Catalogs over 2,000 consumer resources, including
air fares. Site contains a page
containing an extensive list of consumer agencies.
- Edmund's Automobile Buyer's Guides - http://www.edmunds.com/
Covers new and used car and truck
prices, reviews, and consumer advice.
Electronic Frontier Foundation - http://www.eff.org
"EFF is a non-profit, non-partisan organization
working in the public interest to protect
fundamental civil liberties, including privacy and freedom of
expression in the arena of
computers and the Internet."
Federal Trade
Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection - http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/consumer.htm
The "Bureau of Consumer Protection's mandate is
to protect consumers against unfair,
deceptive, or fraudulent practices. The Bureau enforces a variety of consumer
protection
laws enacted by Congress, as well as trade regulation rules issued by the
Commission."
MaryPIRG- http://www.marypirg.org
The state division of the national Public Interest Research
Groups. "The PIRGs are
state-based advocates for the public interest."
Public Citizen- http://www.citizen.org
- "Founded by Ralph Nader in 1971, Public Citizen is the
consumer's eyes and ears in
Washington."
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GENERAL REFERENCE SOURCES