The phrase "abuse of consumer" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to refer to the mistreatment or exploitation of consumers, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "The company faced legal action due to allegations of abuse of consumer rights."
Alternatives: "exploitation of consumers" or "mistreatment of consumers."
If even the industry thinks these practices are an abuse of consumers, why doesn't the F.C.C. stop them?
The F.C.C. could have done something about this years ago; the fact that it took a member of the industry to call out more than a decade's abuse of consumers amounts to a serious failure on the part of the F.C.C. Exploitation of concentrated private power is not a problem that will ever go away.
The final part will deal with abuse of consumers' privacy and provide some concluding remarks.
In the past month, the grassroots movement for health insurance reform has been growing -- and focusing more attention on the insurance industry's outrageous profits, abuse of consumers, and political influence-peddling.
Recent revelations regarding abuses of consumer data by big tech and other companies have also highlighted the need for industry to enhance consumer trust in the collection and use of data.
While some lawyers and consumer advocates say the climate is right for abuses of consumers, there appear to have been few complaints to consumer advocates or state attorneys general.
She also bemoaned the high cost of housing, the abuses of consumers by monopolies, and the growing income gap between London and the rest of the U.K., saying, "We must make Britain a country that works not for a privileged few but for every single one of us".
"We're talking about industries where we have documented so many abuses of consumers, yet somehow we have these new policies that essentially amount to corporate handouts," said Christine Hines, legislative director for the National Association of Consumer Advocates.
In other words, the FCC actions single out some firms, but leave the vast majority of firms exempt from regulation and oversight, including those most notorious for the collection and abuse of online consumer data.
I explore this through the use / misuse / abuse of obsolete consumer electronics and by employing the native languages used by early-generation Internet users, such as ASCII art and animated GIFs.
