A report from the Consumer Protection Partnership describes their activities in 2013-4 and plans for 2015. Past priorities included general awareness raising, improving intelligence capabilities, doorstep crime, home repairs and improvements, mass mailing scams, used cars, e-crime capabilities, problem debt, mobile technology, and Green Deal scams. Priorities for 2015 include online subscriptions disguised as one-off purchases, use of personal data, deceptive advertising on search engines and social media, unfair cancellation terms, awareness of retail consumer rights, holiday products, car hire, and service brokers, intermediaries, and “compare” sites.
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