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Consumer Reports: FCC broadband label will help consumers decipher bills, while making it harder for companies to insert mystery fees

CR and Next Century Cities submit comments to FCC on the benefits of the label and ways to improve it for consumers Consumer Reports submitted…

March 17, 2023

Tech & Privacy
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Consumer Reports urges Iowa Governor Reynolds to veto weak privacy bill

DES MOINES, IA —Consumer Reports urges Governor Kim Reynolds to veto Senate File 262, a weak consumer data privacy bill that passed the Iowa General…

March 16, 2023

Tech & Privacy
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Consumer Reports applauds Kentucky Senate for advancing comprehensive privacy bill

FRANKFORT, KY—Consumer Reports announced its support today for Senate Bill 15, a consumer data privacy bill in Kentucky that was overwhelmingly voted out of the…

March 16, 2023

Tech & Privacy

Consumer Reports Opposes Montana S.B. 384 (Consumer Privacy Legislation)

Consumer Reports writes in respectful opposition to Montana S.B. 384. The bill seeks to extend to Montana consumers important new protections, including the right to…

March 7, 2023

Tech & Privacy

Consumer Reports letter to U.S. Senate Committee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights in support of legislation to rein in the market power of large online platforms

Consumer Reports wrote members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights to urge them to address the problematic market power…

March 7, 2023

Tech & Privacy

Consumer Reports Comments on Oregon S.B. 619 (Consumer Privacy Legislation)

Consumer Reports supports, if it is amended, Oregon S.B. 619, consumer privacy legislation. S.B. 619 would extend to Oregon consumers important new protections, including the…

March 7, 2023

Tech & Privacy

Consumer Reports Comments on NTIA’s Privacy, Equity, and Civil Rights Request for Comment

Consumer Reports submitted comments on the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Request for Comments on Privacy, Equity, and Civil Rights. Consumer Reports made several…

March 6, 2023

Tech & Privacy
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Consumer Reports supports Right to Repair bill in Washington, urges WA Senate to advance bill

OLYMPIA, WA — Consumer Reports announced its support for the Fair Repair Act (ESHB1392), a digital right to repair bill introduced in the Washington state…

March 6, 2023

Tech & Privacy

Consumer Reports Comments on Vermont H. 121 (Consumer Privacy Legislation)

Consumer Reports, supports, if amended, Vermont. H. 121. The measure would extend to Vermont consumers important new protections, including by providing the ability for consumers…

March 3, 2023

Tech & Privacy

Consumer Reports Comments on Rhode Island H.B. 5745 (Consumer Privacy Legislation)

Consumer Reports supports, if it is amended, Rhode Island H.B. 5745, consumer privacy legislation. H.B. 5745 would extend to Rhode Island consumers important new protections,…

March 1, 2023

Tech & Privacy
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