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Meta Pushes Back Against FTC Effort to Toughen Privacy Order
A Meta lawyer told the FTC’s five commissioners at a hearing Tuesday that the consumer protection agency doesn’t have authority to modify the agreement without the company’s consent.
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Apple Gets EU Warning to Stop Geo-Blocking on App, ITunes Stores
Apple's App Store, iTunes Store and other media services unlawfully discriminate against European customers based on their place of residence, according to a European Commission statement on Tuesday.
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LIC Ordered To Pay Rs 50 Lakh For Covid Policy Premium Payer's Family
A district-level consumer disputes commission in Kerala has ordered Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), India's largest insurer, to pay Rs 50 lakh in compensation to the family of a policy premium payer who succumbed to COVID-19, citing the insurer's t
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Woman's Complaint Against Uber For Drivers Refusing Rides With Pets Junked
A consumer commission in Mumbai has dismissed a woman's complaint against cab aggregator Uber for its drivers refusing her rides when she was accompanied by her pet dog.
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Samsung Recalls 1 Million Stoves In US After Accidental Fires
Samsung is recalling more than one million electric stoves in the United States following reports of accidental fires that injured 40 people and killed pets, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission said Friday.
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Woman's Luggage Stolen In Train, Railways Told To Pay Her Rs 1 Lakh
Observing that there was negligence and deficiency in services by the Indian Railway, a consumer commission here has directed its general manager concerned to pay more than Rs 1.08 lakh to a passenger whose luggage was stolen during a journey.
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Decoding Qantas' "Ghost Flights" Scandal, Which Led To $66 Million Penalty
Australia's competition watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, revealed that Qantas "admitted that it misled consumers" by advertising seats on tens of thousands of flights, despite the fact that these flights had alread
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EU Probes Facebook, Instagram Over Disinformation Concerns
The European Commission said it suspected Meta's moderation of adverts was "insufficient" and that an increase in paid spots in those conditions could harm "electoral processes and fundamental rights, including consumer protection rights".
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Flipkart To Pay Man Rs 10,000 For Harassment After Cancelled iPhone Order
A consumer disputes redressal commission here found Flipkart guilty of adopting unfair trade practices and ordered it to pay a customer Rs 10,000 for the mental harassment he suffered after it cancelled his iPhone order.
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Apollo Chennai, 2 Doctors Slapped With Rs 30 Lakh Fine For Medical Negligence
The NCDRC was hearing a complaint regarding negligence on the part of the hospital and the two doctors in providing post-operative care to a patient after a spinal surgery in April 2015.
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Delhi Hospital To Pay Damages To Family Of Patient Who Died Of Negligence
The Delhi State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission recently held Sir Gangaram Hospital and its five doctors guilty of negligence and directed them to pay damages to the kin of the patient.
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PhonePe's Indus Appstore Set to Launch in India on February 21, to Be Available in 12 Local Languages
Indus Appstore will be available for consumers later this month. The app store confirmed to list apps in 12 Indian languages besides English and it has already onboarded a variety of apps including Flipkart, ixigo, Domino's Pizza, Snapdeal, JioMart, and Bajaj Finserv. PhonePe's foray into the app store business with Indus Appstore is expected to di...
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20 Years After Car Purchase, Maruti Suzuki Fined for Misleading Mileage Claims
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has ordered Maruti Suzuki India Ltd to compensate Rs 1 lakh for promoting deceptive statements regarding the fuel efficiency of its Zen car.
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India Takes Lead In Setting Up A Global Online Platform To Resolve Cross-Border B2C E-Commerce Disputes
India is hosting the first conference in the national capital on Friday to deliberate on the framework of this ODR.
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No Case Of Negligence If Complications Unrelated To Medical Procedure: Supreme Court
A bench of justices AS Bopanna and Prashant Kumar Mishra's remark came while upholding a consumer commission order that did not give relief to a woman.
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Meta Pushes Back Against FTC Effort to Toughen Privacy Order
A Meta lawyer told the FTC’s five commissioners at a hearing Tuesday that the consumer protection agency doesn’t have authority to modify the agreement without the company’s consent.
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Apple Gets EU Warning to Stop Geo-Blocking on App, ITunes Stores
Apple's App Store, iTunes Store and other media services unlawfully discriminate against European customers based on their place of residence, according to a European Commission statement on Tuesday.
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LIC Ordered To Pay Rs 50 Lakh For Covid Policy Premium Payer's Family
A district-level consumer disputes commission in Kerala has ordered Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), India's largest insurer, to pay Rs 50 lakh in compensation to the family of a policy premium payer who succumbed to COVID-19, citing the insurer's t
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Woman's Complaint Against Uber For Drivers Refusing Rides With Pets Junked
A consumer commission in Mumbai has dismissed a woman's complaint against cab aggregator Uber for its drivers refusing her rides when she was accompanied by her pet dog.
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Samsung Recalls 1 Million Stoves In US After Accidental Fires
Samsung is recalling more than one million electric stoves in the United States following reports of accidental fires that injured 40 people and killed pets, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission said Friday.
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Woman's Luggage Stolen In Train, Railways Told To Pay Her Rs 1 Lakh
Observing that there was negligence and deficiency in services by the Indian Railway, a consumer commission here has directed its general manager concerned to pay more than Rs 1.08 lakh to a passenger whose luggage was stolen during a journey.
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Decoding Qantas' "Ghost Flights" Scandal, Which Led To $66 Million Penalty
Australia's competition watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, revealed that Qantas "admitted that it misled consumers" by advertising seats on tens of thousands of flights, despite the fact that these flights had alread
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EU Probes Facebook, Instagram Over Disinformation Concerns
The European Commission said it suspected Meta's moderation of adverts was "insufficient" and that an increase in paid spots in those conditions could harm "electoral processes and fundamental rights, including consumer protection rights".
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Flipkart To Pay Man Rs 10,000 For Harassment After Cancelled iPhone Order
A consumer disputes redressal commission here found Flipkart guilty of adopting unfair trade practices and ordered it to pay a customer Rs 10,000 for the mental harassment he suffered after it cancelled his iPhone order.
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Apollo Chennai, 2 Doctors Slapped With Rs 30 Lakh Fine For Medical Negligence
The NCDRC was hearing a complaint regarding negligence on the part of the hospital and the two doctors in providing post-operative care to a patient after a spinal surgery in April 2015.
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Delhi Hospital To Pay Damages To Family Of Patient Who Died Of Negligence
The Delhi State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission recently held Sir Gangaram Hospital and its five doctors guilty of negligence and directed them to pay damages to the kin of the patient.
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PhonePe's Indus Appstore Set to Launch in India on February 21, to Be Available in 12 Local Languages
Indus Appstore will be available for consumers later this month. The app store confirmed to list apps in 12 Indian languages besides English and it has already onboarded a variety of apps including Flipkart, ixigo, Domino's Pizza, Snapdeal, JioMart, and Bajaj Finserv. PhonePe's foray into the app store business with Indus Appstore is expected to di...
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20 Years After Car Purchase, Maruti Suzuki Fined for Misleading Mileage Claims
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has ordered Maruti Suzuki India Ltd to compensate Rs 1 lakh for promoting deceptive statements regarding the fuel efficiency of its Zen car.
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India Takes Lead In Setting Up A Global Online Platform To Resolve Cross-Border B2C E-Commerce Disputes
India is hosting the first conference in the national capital on Friday to deliberate on the framework of this ODR.
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No Case Of Negligence If Complications Unrelated To Medical Procedure: Supreme Court
A bench of justices AS Bopanna and Prashant Kumar Mishra's remark came while upholding a consumer commission order that did not give relief to a woman.
