Consumer Law
The right to safety, the right to be informed, the right to be heard and the right to choose.
What are the four basic consumer rights?
This entity enforces the federal consumer protection laws.
What is the Federal Trade Commission?
To assure safe and healthy working conditions by authorizing enforcement of the standards developed under the act.
What is OSHA?
Requires an offer and an acceptance.
What is a contract?
Property that comes from creations in the mind
What is intellectual property?
If a product is faulty you have this right to a refund and for any damages from the faulty product.
What is the right to redress?
This bureau collects all consumer complaints.
What is the bureau of consumer protection?
The right to be present during an OSHA inspection and to speak with the inspector privately.
What are rights employees have under OSHA?
The ability to understand the effects and meaning of the contract
What is capacity?
The name of the Washington DC office that registers intellectual property
What is the United States Patent and Trademark Office?
The internet company is the only option in your community and you have to choose them violates this consumer right.
What is the right to choose?
This act governs the creation of food, drugs and cosmetic items
What is the Food and Drug Administation?
Provide hearing exams, provide instruction in the language that the employees can understand.
What must employers do under OSHA?
This is exchanged for the item or service
What is consideration?
Grant property rights to the owner of an invention or new way of doing something.
What is a patent?
A company was cited for dumping waste water into the local streams and violated this consumer right.
What is the right to a safe environment?
This act requires lenders to disclose info about all charges and fees in a loan
What is the truth in lending act?
By phone, by mail or by email
What are the ways you can file a complaint through OSHA?
Details the terms conditions, one persons attempt to enter the contract
What is the offer?
A symbol, design, phrase or word that distinguishes the source of a product or service.
What is a trademark?
Labeling that indicates any side effects to a medications satisfies this consumer right.
What is the right to information?
This act protects consumers from unfair billing
What is the the Fair Credit Billing Act?
Self employed workers
Family farm workers
Who is not covered by OSHA?
Both parties give and receive consideration
What is a bilateral contract?
Recipes, literary work, dramatic work, and musical and artistic work are examples of these
What is a copyright?