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07/25/2012

BBB Warns Parents of Student Financial Aid Scams

With the cost of college outpacing inflation and crimping family budgets, students and their families are eager to find scholarships and other awards to help pay for higher education.

04/13/2012

April is National Financial Literacy Month: Do You Know How Your Money is Doing?

During Financial Literacy Month in April, Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona reminds consumers to keep track of their credit, debt and sensitive financial documents.

11/02/2011

Consumers Allege Phoenix-based Web Media Malls, ITech Financial Took Thousands from Unemployed, Senior Citizens

Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona is warning potential investors to be on the alert for unsolicited phone calls from salespeople offering to set them up with web-based stores or other Internet business ventures.

10/03/2011

US Financial Trust of America Claims Phony Tucson Address, Misleads Consumers trying to sell their Timeshares

Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona is warning timeshare owners not to do business with U.S. Financial Trust of America- a company claiming a fictitious Tucson address- which is scamming timeshare owners across the country.

10/01/2007

FTC - In Brief: The Financial Privacy Requirements of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act

Protecting the privacy of consumer information held by "financial institutions" is at the heart of the financial privacy provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Modernization Act of 1999. The GLB Act requires companies to give consumers privacy notices that explain the institutions' information-sharing practices. In turn, consumers have the right to limit some - but not all - sharing of their information.

06/01/2006

FTC - Financial Readiness: As Critical as Fully Charged Batteries

Home is where most people feel safe and comfortable. But sometimes — say, when a hurricane, flood, tornado, wildfire, or other disaster strikes — it’s safest to pack up and go to another location.

04/01/2006

FTC - Financial Institutions and Customer Information: Complying with the Safeguards Rule

Many companies collect personal information from their customers, including names, addresses, and phone numbers; bank and credit card account numbers; income and credit histories; and Social Security numbers. The Gramm-Leach-Bliley (GLB) Act requires companies defined under the law as “financial institutions” to ensure the security and confidentiality of this type of information.

10/01/2002

FTC - GETTING NOTICED: Writing Effective Financial Privacy Notices

To help businesses create more useful privacy notices for their customers, several federal agencies* brought together a panel of communications experts to talk about effective communications tools and techniques. The consensus among the experts was that meaningful communication can enhance customer confidence and trust – and that the GLB notice requirement can offer an opportunity to make that happen.

08/01/2002

FTC - 66 Ways to Save Money

From the Consumer Literacy Consortium, a working group of representatives from federal and state government agencies, consumer groups, business organizations, and educational institutions that seeks to develop and disseminate essential messages to inform and educate consumers.

02/01/2002

FTC - Privacy Choices for Your Personal Financial Information

Produced in cooperation with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal Trade Commission, National Credit Union Administration, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Office of Thrift Supervision, Securities and Exchange Commission.

05/01/1999

FTC - Ouch! Students Getting Stung Trying to Find $$$ for College

Need money for college? Doesn't everybody? With tuition bills skyrocketing, and room and board going through the roof, students and their families are looking for creative ways to finance a college education. Unfortunately, in their efforts to pay the bills, many of them are falling prey to scholarship and financial aid scams.


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