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Consumer Protection Laws Around the World

• Consumer protection is the practice of safeguarding buyers of goods and services, and the public, against unfair practices in the marketplace.
• Consumer protection measures are often established by law to prevent businesses from engaging in fraud or specified unfair practices in order to gain an advantage over competitors or to mislead consumers.
• Consumer protection is linked to the idea of consumer rights and to the formation of consumer organizations, which help consumers make better choices in the marketplace and pursue complaints against businesses.
• Consumer protection can be asserted via non-government organization's and individuals as consumer activism.
• Consumer protection law regulates private law relationships between individual consumers and the businesses that sell those goods and services.
• Consumer protection covers a wide range of topics, including but not necessarily limited to product liability, privacy rights, unfair business practices, fraud, misrepresentation, and other consumers/business interactions.
• The following countries have consumer protection laws: Australia, Brazil, Germany, India, Nigeria, Taiwan, United Kingdom, and the United States.
• In Australia, consumer protection is regulated by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission or the individual State Consumer Affairs agencies.
• Brazil's consumer protection is regulated by the Consumer's Defense Code (Código de Defesa do Consumidor), as mandated by the 1988 Constitution of Brazil.
• In Germany, a minister of the federal cabinet is responsible for consumer rights and protection (Verbraucherschutzminister).
• In India, consumer protection is specified in The Consumer Protection Act, 2019.
• Nigeria's consumer protection is regulated by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), whose aim is to protect and enhance consumers' interest through information, education, and enforcement of the rights of consumers.
• In Taiwan, the Consumer Protection Law (CPL) specifically protects the interests and safety of customers using the products or services provided by business operators.
• In the United Kingdom, the main consumer protection laws are the Consumer Protection Act 1987 and the Consumer Rights Act 2015.
• In the United States, a variety of laws at both the federal and state levels regulate consumer affairs.