AI is changing the ways in which consumers are finding, researching, purchasing, and interacting with products. Businesses should not be able to avoid responsibility simply because information was gen...

A new report, Food Advertising Subsidy Reform: A Win-Win for Fiscal and Public Health, presents practical model legislation that could reclaim millions in State’s revenue, while advancing public healt...

New CFA report highlights model legislation for States to raise revenue by ending advertising tax subsidies for big food and alcohol

The United to Stop Online Scams coalition sent the following letter to Congress urging members to curb the growing threat of tech-enabled scams and fraud by holding technology companies accountable wh...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is asking the leaders of Meta, Google, Amazon and Microsoft about AI and data center subsidies authorized by GOP legislation.

The Solar for All program was intended to provide dozens of grants for clean energy programs in underserved communities. The Trump-appointed judge said the program’s termination was unlawful.

Price optimization is a type of surveillance pricing in which insurance companies vary policyholders’ premiums based on their expected “willingness to pay.

By requiring the Federal Home Loan Banks to contribute more to housing it could annually help fund the construction of an estimated 12,500 affordable rental units, provide down payment and closing cos...

Congresswoman Maxine Waters bill (H.R. 10325), would increase the Federal Home Loan Banks mandatory contribution to Affordable Housing Programs nation-wide. Passage of the bill would direct approximat...

Ever tried to pay for parking and discovered you need to scan a QR code to pay? It seems like a convenient way to pay, but it turns out scammers like using QR codes, too. People have reported scammers...

The goals of this issue briefing are to provide definitions and examples for pricing-related harms and aggregate real-world examples of surveillance pricing and other predatory data-driven pricing pra...

BNPL financing was seen as a low-cost alternative to credit. New research shows it can include hidden fees and debt carrying interest.

FDA is currently investigating 19 foodborne illness clusters. In a recent meeting with consumer advocates, FDA officials indicated there have never been more active investigations open at once. Bad po...

Real-estate giants Compass and Zillow are battling over control of home listings. Consumer advocates and industry experts warn that buyers and sellers could pay a price.

Bankrate watchdog report: Aggressive lenders push refinancing on older Americans, resulting in thousands of extra dollars in fees and interest.

Taylor Farms is now pulling more than a dozen products with jalapeños from grocery stores across the United States.

“The growing acceptance of private listing networks by powerful real estate interests signals a shift in how the market operates,” warns Derrick Johnson.

In addition to the two hotel-booking businesses, San Francisco is suing Booking Holdings, alleging its Priceline division supplied the rooms and technology behind the sites.

According to Pew, 63 percent of Americans think that crypto is unsafe, meaning most people would agree that the federal backing of crypto-collateralized mortgages is a dangerous proposition. Most peop...

Better and Coinbase now let buyers pledge bitcoin for a down payment on a Fannie Mae mortgage. Seven senators want the approval rescinded.

Each day homeowners insurance companies delay claims payments, the industry collectively takes in an extra $8.8 million in interest and investment income, according to a new analysis released today by...

Consumers who buy or lease a new or used car from a dealer in California will have meaningful new protections under a bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

A report from the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) projects that Americans are losing an estimated $148.2 billion every year to online scams. Over half of all reported losses involved cryptocurren...

United States Senate Special Committee on Aging

Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.

CFA in partnership with students from UCLA Law School’s Information Policy Lab, filed a complaint with the FTC and Attorneys General of the United States alleging that Speechify, an AI voice-cloning p...