European consumer law concerns consumer protection within Europe, particularly through European Union law and the European Convention on Human Rights....

against unfair practices in the marketplace. Consumer protection measures are often established by law. Such laws are intended to prevent businesses from engaging...

The concept of the informed consumer is fundamental in the law of the European Union. Since the European Council Resolution of 14 April 1975, one of the...

European Union law is a system of rules operating within the member states of the European Union (EU). Since the founding of the European Coal and Steel...

interactive products. The law primarily uses a notion of the consumer in relation to consumer protection laws, and the definition of consumer is often restricted...

regulates unfair business practices in EU law, as part of European consumer law. It requires corresponding laws to be passed that incorporate it into each...

Lemon laws are laws that provide a remedy for purchasers of cars and other consumer goods in order to compensate for products that repeatedly fail to...

EUR-Lex European Union regulation Framework decision Law of the European Union List of European Union directives Policy measures of the European Union European...

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a state statute intended to enhance privacy rights and consumer protection for residents of the state of...

several European countries with civil law, have made changes in recent years to allow consumer organizations to bring claims on behalf of consumers. In a...

article 107. Primary authority for applying competition law within the European Union rests with European Commission and its Directorate General for Competition...

scope to include the consumer electronics industry; on October 1, 2001, the association merged with the European Association of Consumer Electronics Manufacturers...

The European Consumer Centres Network (ECC-Net) is an EU-wide network. There is a national contact point called European Consumer Centre (ECC) in all...

customer expectations and legal requirements for consumer privacy. Consumer privacy protection is the use of laws and regulations to protect individuals from...

The Consumer Rights Act 2015 (c. 15) is an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which consolidates existing consumer protection law legislation and...

in Europe and beyond. Pascal Pichonnaz, Professor for Swiss contract law, Roman law, as well as European consumer law and comparative contract law at...

The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 is a statutory instrument in the United Kingdom made under the European Communities Act 1972...

2016/679, abbreviated GDPR) is a European Union regulation on information privacy in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA). The GDPR...

The following is a list of laws providing an overview of laws and regulations that aim to protect consumers from microtransactions. The Federal Trade Commission...

Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council: A More Coherent European Contract Law - An Action Plan, 2003/C 63/01, published...

Act: covers the collection and use of data contained in consumer reports. Federal Securities Laws: may require data security controls and data breach reporting...

status. It emerged in Western Europe before the Industrial Revolution and became widespread around 1900. In economics, consumerism refers to policies that emphasize...

comprehensive information privacy law, but rather having adopted limited sectoral laws in some areas like the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The German...

Consumer protection in the United Kingdom is effected through a multiplicity of Acts of Parliament, statutory instruments, the work of various government...

For most European countries the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg can overrule national law, when EU law is relevant. The European Court of Human...

various consumer goods and services, prices, what the consumer can expect, standard trade practices, etc. While consumer education can help consumers to make...

and Consumers (DG SANCO), is a directorate-general of the European Commission. The DG is responsible for the monitoring and implementation of European Union...

Consumer electronics or home electronics are electronic (analog or digital) equipment intended for everyday use, typically in private homes. Consumer...

joined. Researchers have used Benford's law to detect psychological pricing patterns, in a Europe-wide study in consumer product prices before and after euro...

eShop's policy on pre-order refunds violated European consumer law. As the NCC outlined, while European law requires digital storefronts to provide refunds...