The phrase "safeguard consumer" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it when discussing ways to protect customers or consumers from being taken advantage of or harmed. For example, "One way to safeguard consumers is to advise them of their legal rights when making purchases."
Gerry Tschopp, the senior vice president for public affairs at Experian North America, said Experian was still reviewing the report but said "we do provide consumers with choices, we comply with all applicable laws, follow established industry self-regulatory guidelines and use a variety of processes and procedures to safeguard consumer data".
The Framework was signed by the European Commission in April 2011, and its main purpose is to safeguard consumer privacy and assure the public that web-connected objects are safe for the industry to develop - and for people to consume.
So while innovations like mobile payments and biometrics may one day change the way we safeguard consumer financial information in the digital age, we cannot neglect the here-and-now of both online and off-line users.
"Self-regulation is best suited to safeguard consumer privacy," the groups declared.
Rather than challenge sensible regulation, responsible banks should embrace such measures as tools designed not only to safeguard consumer confidence, but to protect the solvency of an industry with inherent risks, and to preserve the integrity of our overall financial infrastructure.
The ideal solution, says Elliott, would be for larger companies to support smaller ones to safeguard consumers.
There will be laws to help more people into work, to "encourage enterprise", to safeguard consumers, to make it easier to buy and sell property and to adopt children.
Illinois' approach raises questions about how far lawmakers and regulators can go in trying to safeguard consumers from risky and expensive home loans before they are seen as overly intrusive.
In dental care, "The Commission has not seen any evidence that additional quality or safety regulations would be required to safeguard consumers if there were to be greater competition, contestability and user choice".
Partnership's chief executive, Steve Groves, said: "The devil is, as always, in the detail, and this proposal would inevitably require the development of a mature market and appropriate regulations to safeguard consumers.
In one of the most fiercely debated provisions, the bill would create a consumer financial protection agency under the umbrella of the Federal Reserve, a move certain to disappoint liberal Democrats who believe the Fed failed to safeguard consumers in the months leading up to the banking meltdown.
