Looking to defend consumer rights, the Puerto Rico Department of Consumer Affairs (DACO, in Spanish) is launching several measures to recoup about $950,000 from businesses that have failed their clients, agency Secretary Edan Rivera said. During a press conference, the government official said among other steps, the agency will disclose the names of businesses monthly […]
The Federal Communications Commission has proposed fines against the four largest wireless carriers serving the U.S. mainland — three in Puerto Rico — for apparently selling access to their customers’ location information without taking reasonable measures to protect against unauthorized access to that information. As a result, T-Mobile faces a proposed fine of more than […]
Fines were issued to brokers for, among other things, advertising properties for sale online that are not available to attract consumers to try to sell them another property, or click-bating.
A month after the government launched the CESCO mobile application, it has gained about 125,000 subscribers who have completed transactions equal to some 59,000 hours of standing in line and 2,445 days at government agencies.
The Federal Communications Commission’s San Juan office slapped a pair of fines on two local broadcasters totaling $30,000 for alleged violations to industry regulations in recent months, the agency disclosed in separate orders.
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