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...there are laws or clauses to protect you from unethical transactions?The Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE) has come up with an app that allows... Read more

28 January, 2012

High Street stores fail Web test

...stores, including WHSmith, PC World and Dixons, have been accused by the Consumers' Association of providing a significantly inferior Internet service to online-only retailers... Read more

7 November, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

Report: Hands-free mobiles triple radiation risk

...with a hands-free kit, according to a study released by the Consumers' Association Thursday. The report contradicts a study released by the DTI in... Read more

2 November, 2000 by Will Knight

Net to end Great British Car Rip-0ff

...on a new car will be able to save thousands as the Consumers' Association launches its carbusters.com Web site. As part of its Great... Read more

29 March, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

Scrap Oftel, regulate Web - Consumers Association

The Consumers Association (CA) is calling for Oftel to be scrapped as part of... Read more

14 August, 1997 by Eugene Lacey

Which? to end e-commerce scheme

The Consumers' Association has today announced that the Which? Web Trader scheme -- a voluntary... Read more

6 January, 2003 by Graham Hayday

Internet users 'at risk' from poor Web sites

...confidence by failing to follow best practice" said Alan Williams of the Consumers' Association. Consumers International recommends that consumers check a Web site's background... Read more

4 November, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

BT defends download limits

The Consumers' Association has accused BT of treating its customers unfairly after the company... Read more

8 October, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

Freeserve customer gets slapped with £500 bill

...for which Freeserve cannot be held responsible)". The principal lawyer at the Consumers' Association, Ajay Patel, said the small print in any contract is regulated... Read more

22 June, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

Hands-free: Over three times the radiation

...using a hands-free kit according to a report released by the Consumers' Association, Thursday. A statement from the Consumers' Association says: "As in earlier... Read more

2 November, 2000 by Will Knight

AltaVista rejects unmetered, industry reacts

The Consumers' Association Tuesday calls on ISPs to take their share of the blame... Read more

22 August, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

Sony accused of ripping off consumers

...been criticised over the European costing of its PlayStation2 console by the Consumers' Association Tuesday. The watchdog has claimed that the Europe-wide price tag... Read more

9 August, 2000 by Graeme Wearden

Lasting impression - downloading is illegal

Gary Shapiro: In the battle to control Internet piracy, Hollywood, labels and now the DOJ have adopted a new 'copyspeak' that equates the downloading of files from the Internet with 'shoplifting' Read more

30 September, 2002 by Gary Shapiro

Internet shopping is safe, says Consumer Association

The Which? report claims that peoples' fear about online fraud are out of proportion to the real risks involved Read more

15 October, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

Internet is a dot.con says survey

The Internet proves to be a 'false' economy, teeming with fictitious companies and fake goods, says new survey Read more

4 July, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

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