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CR objects to Visa and Mastercard antitrust settlement with U.S. merchants.

Consumer Reports (CR) joined AELP and US PIRG in objecting to the proposed settlement of the Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation. As we…

May 3, 2024

Money

Consumer Reports submits comments on FTC individual impersonation rulemaking and artificial intelligence

Consumer Reports submitted comments in support of the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed rule on individual impersonation.   The rule, in part, would create liability for…

May 3, 2024

Tech & Privacy
Press Release

Consumer Reports applauds EPA for proposed ban of acephate, a harmful organophosphate pesticide linked to serious health problems

CR calls on the EPA to ban all organophosphate and carbamate pesticides on produce  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Under a proposed interim decision announced by the…

May 2, 2024

Food
Press Release

Consumer Reports and ConnPIRG urge the Connecticut state Senate to advance Senate Bill 3, an omnibus Consumer Protection Act

HARTFORD, CT — Consumer Reports and ConnPIRG announced their support for the inclusion of Right to Repair in Connecticut’s Senate Bill 3, an omnibus Consumer…

May 1, 2024

Tech & Privacy

Joint letter calling on the House to support the Ban Water Beads Act (H.R. 6468)

The undersigned organizations write in strong support of the Ban Water Beads Act (H.R. 6468), a bill that would direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission…

May 1, 2024

Product Safety
Press Release

Almost half of participants in Credit Checkup study find errors on credit reports; more than a quarter find serious mistakes

Consumer Reports and WorkMoney call on credit bureaus to ensure reports are accurate and offer tips to consumers who find mistakes  YONKERS, NY — A…

April 30, 2024

Money

Credit Checkup: Improving the Accuracy of Credit Reports

Consumer Reports partnered with WorkMoney, a national nonprofit dedicated to lowering costs and raising incomes for Americans, to ask consumers to check their reports and…

April 30, 2024

Money

Consumer Reports and WorkMoney letters to the credit reporting agencies on improving credit report accuracy

Letter from Consumer Reports and WorkMoney to the Consumer Data Industry Association on the need to improve the accuracy of credit reports for consumers. Identical…

April 30, 2024

Money
Press Release

Consumer Reports: Big win for safer roads as U.S. sets new rule to make automatic emergency braking standard in all new passenger vehicles

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Consumer Reports (CR) today praised a new rule that will require automatic emergency braking to come standard in all new cars and…

April 29, 2024

Cars
Press Release

Consumer Reports praises USDA for declaring salmonella an adulterant at low levels in breaded raw chicken products

New USDA rule will help protect the public from foodborne illness outbreaks WASHINGTON, D.C. – Consumer Reports applauded the USDA today for issuing a final…

April 26, 2024

Food
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