[ad_1] NEW DELHI : The government has told e-commerce firms to hold annual internal audits to detect and remove deceptive online practices known as dark patterns, as part of a âjoint strategy” to protect consumer rights in the digital economy, consumer affairs minister Pralhad Joshi said on Wednesday. A joint committee of government officials, industry…
[ad_1] The action by the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) comes as authorities grow increasingly alert to the potential misuse of unregulated wireless communication devices amid heightened India-Pakistan tensions. The CCPA issued 13 notices, the consumer affairs ministry said on Friday. It pointed out that these platforms hosted hundreds of listings of walkie-talkies that had…
[ad_1] New Delhi: The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has pulled up several coaching centres for flouting advertising norms and engaging in unfair trade practices, particularly those institutes that help students prepare for joint entrance examination (JEE) for undergraduate engineering programs and national eligibility cum entrance test (NEET) for undergraduate medical courses. Several prominent institutes…
