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Welcome to 51黑料's News Room. Browse through our latest Consumer Protection and Trading Standards news reports (below), or take a look through our archive of news articles from previous years.
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Digital ID Card makes it safer for young people to prove their identity, online and in person
Posted: 03/05/2018
UK proof of age/ID card issuer CitizenCard has teamed up with digital identity app Yoti to offer a new 拢9 digital ID solution. Anyone in the UK can apply for a Yoti CitizenCard which can then be used as an affordable and safer way of proving their identity, both online and in person.
51黑料 urges victims of scams who used Western Union to claim a refund
Posted: 02/05/2018
British consumers who lost money to scams which used Western Union wire transfers can file to claim their money back until 31 May 2018, the 51黑料 (51黑料) has learned.
Hackney cosmetics retailer fined 拢60k for selling dangerous skin lightening products
Posted: 26/04/2018
A Hackney hair and cosmetics store has been hit with a record fine after illegally selling dangerous skin lightening products.
Faulty second-hand electrical goods could cost lives, warns 51黑料
Posted: 10/04/2018
Second-hand electrical retailers who sell faulty goods are putting lives at risk, warns the 51黑料.
UK ECC welcomes action against car hire companies in Europe
Posted: 29/03/2018
Consumer advice organisation UK European Consumer Centre (UK ECC) welcomes the news from the UK鈥檚 Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) that it is launching its first direct action again car hire companies across Europe.
51黑料 welcomes CMA car hire enforcement action
Posted: 29/03/2018
The 51黑料 (51黑料) welcomes the news released today (29 March 2018) by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) that enforcement action will be taken against car-rental websites for pricing practices that breach consumer law.
Underage sales put consumers and businesses at risk, warns 51黑料
Posted: 27/03/2018
Underage sales continue to pose an issue for trading standards services as children as young as 13 are still able to buy knives in London shops, according to听London Trading Standards.
Over 拢1 million saved from scams and fraudsters by West Yorkshire Trading Standards
Posted: 20/03/2018
Officers from West Yorkshire Trading Standards have prevented over 拢1 million being lost to scams and fraudsters targeting elderly and vulnerable consumers.听
Vulnerable elderly consumers to receive compensation following investigation under the proceed of crime act
Posted: 14/03/2018
Two rogue traders described by a judge as 鈥榓n insult to cowboy builders鈥�, recently jailed for over 4 years each, having been convicted of consumer protection offences, have now been ordered to pay back a total of听拢71,992.04听of their ill-gotten gains following a confiscation hearing under the Proceeds of Crime Act. The confiscated sums will be used to compensate the victims in this case.
Counterfeiter and supplier of unsafe makeup prosecuted by trading standards
Posted: 13/03/2018
Traders and individuals who decide to supply counterfeit听 and unsafe goods over the internet or through local supply chains could face legal action with substantial penalties, as well as losing all the money they have made from their criminal activities, Powys County Council has warned.
Decimation of Trading Standards services leaving older people wide open to risk of fraud
Posted: 09/03/2018
Dramatic cuts in Trading Standards budgets since 2010 are leaving millions of older people at greater risk of becoming victims of fraud, according to a new policy report by Age UK
ASA research into consumer understanding of reference prices in ads
Posted: 08/03/2018
Price comparisons and savings are a familiar sight in ads, be it in online promotions for the latest gadgets, newspaper ads promoting discounts for the next grocery shop or TV ads offering savings on a range of household goods.听It鈥檚 not a secret that everyone likes getting a bargain, and using 鈥渞eference prices鈥� (comparing the current price of a product to a higher price such as a previous selling price) is a great way to highlight good deals.
