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.
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