Consumer protection rules in 2013 will be different from the past.
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Vodafone has been fined £4.6m by Ofcom for "serious and sustained" breaches of consumer protection rules.
It must also pay an outside monitor to review its compliance with various consumer protection rules.
At the bureau, Mr. Chanin was tasked with writing dozens of consumer protection rules for the financial industry.
Bank regulators also refused to implement consumer protection rules against predatory mortgage lending, while preempting state attempts to do so.
Congress also authorized the Fed to write consumer protection rules enforced by all the agencies.
Those companies are instead required to follow general consumer protection rules enforced by the Federal Trade Commission.
As in a House version of regulatory overhaul adopted in December, the bill would, in some circumstances, restrict states from writing their own, stronger consumer protection rules.
The Fed is mainly responsible for writing consumer protection rules, and the other agencies are charged with enforcing the rules and ensuring the health of banks.
