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France vs. 'Shrinkflation': Starting July 1, All 'Shrinked' Products Must Be Labelled For Consumers (www.ibtimes.co.uk)

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

I wish we had consumer protection in the US, but that's unlikely to happen when corporations own most of our politicians.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I could see this happening in more progressive states like California, Oregon, or Washington state.

California already has a bunch of consumer protection laws:

Store gift cards can never expire and must be redeemable for cash if they have a balance of less than $10.
A warranty can't require you to register the product to be eligible for warranty coverage.
The CCPA, which is like a mini version of the GDPR. Companies must provide all data they've collected about you upon request, must delete all the data upon request, and must let you opt out from them selling your data (they literally have to have a link labeled "do not sell my personal information" on their site)
Anti price gouging laws.
As of July 1, drip pricing (hidden fees on top of advertised prices, such as service charges) will be illegal.

And probably a bunch of other ones I can't think of off the top of my head :)

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

That's pretty sweet

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