CONSUMER RIGHTS WHO IS A CONSUMER 1. A person who has indicated his or her willingness to obtain goods and/or services from a supplier with the intention of paying for them. 2. Someone who has purchased goods and/or services for personal consumption 3. A person or group of people, such as a household, who are the final users of products or services. The consumer's use is final in the sense that the product is usually not improved by the use. DUTIES OF CONSUMERS 1. Buying quality products
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full fruition by the end of the twentieth century through the process of globalization. In this sense, consumerism is usually considered a part of media culture. Sometimes, the term "consumerism" is also used to refer to the consumerists movement, consumer protection or consumer activism, which seeks to protect and inform consumers by requiring such practices as honest packaging and advertising, product guarantees, and improved safety standards. In this sense it is a movement or a set of policies aimed at regulating
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Journal of Civil Engineering (IEB), 32 (1) (2004) 35-45 Fire hazard categorization and risk assessment for Dhaka city in GIS framework Md. Jobair B. Alam and George N. Baroi1 Department of Civil Engineering Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh Received in final revised form 13 December 2003 Abstract Occurrence of fire incidences is a common phenomenon in Dhaka city, particularly in dry season. Fire break out in slums, garment factories and small manufacturing
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One of the best careers to get into is information technology (IT). Information technology is the use of telecommunications and computers to retrieve, store, transmit, and manipulate information. “The world of information technology is constantly changing. Whether you’re a developer for a large company or a small company, in a management position, freelancing or anything else, the world of IT is changing all the time” (Complete IT Professional). Because of certain advances in IT, new ethical issues
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Running Header: Transaction Security Schemes and How to Prevent Them Transaction Security Schemes and How to Prevent Them University of Maryland University College ITEC 610 November 8, 2011 Abstract According to Management, Information Systems (2011), “Transactions are events that occur as part of doing business, such as sales, purchases, deposits, withdrawals, refunds, and payments ” (p. 278). Criminals use technology to get people to send money, obtain
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main purpose of clarifying rights and liabilities that were determined to be unclear under the consumer protection legislation. Inside the Electronic Funds Transfer Act, transactions that originated with a check, a draft, or any other type of paper instrument are not considered. Instead, the focus is on transactions that originate through a telephonic device, an electronic terminal, or a computer or magnetic tape just like a ATM transaction, a point-of-sale transfer, a telephone wire, a direct deposit or
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happened when asked for their late response. Delays due to interviews and authentication, panic during incident, are considered barriers for transmission. Furthermore, the intensity of fire doubles in size every minute, according to the National Fire Protection Association, and reported cases of death were mostly caused by suffocation (4-6 minutes without oxygen causes death). Several cities like Boston have already fire alarm boxes located on the streets. However, the said fire alarm boxes utilize wired
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Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) in 1991, which the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) quickly adopted. According to Federal Communications Commission (n.d.), “In June 2003, the FCC supplemented its original rules implementing the TCPA and established, together with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the national Do-Not-Call list.” These acts are in place to protect the general populace from unsolicited telephone marketing calls. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), which
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Today’s business environment depends upon communications to conduct daily taskings that are very dependent on a business network to achieve these tasks. Many businesses whether private, public, or federal rely solely on their computer networks to protect, store, and disseminate information within its internal networks among employees and to its external customers reaching out to provide important business information. How do businesses and organizations protect these networks from potential malicious
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According to Joseph S. Valacich, (2012) the four basic parts of information systems software consists of four parts: presentation logic, data access logic, application logic and data. The basic components for hardware is servers, networking, and client computers. The primary objective of an architecture design is the description of how information systems hardware components and software work together. For Riordan Manufacturing Human Resources the recommended architecture is to switch to a cloud based
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