Consumer protection laws are designed to ensure fair competition and the free flow of truthful information in the marketplace. The laws are designed to prevent businesses that engage in fraud or specified unfair practices from gaining an advantage over competitors and may provide additional protection for the weak and those unable to take care of themselves. Consumer Protection laws are a form of government regulation which aim to protect the interests of consumers. For example‚ a government may
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Child Protection Essay Introduction Historically throughout Britain the legal principles and peoples perceptions relating to children and the family have advanced immensely from Victorian times. A state where children were an essential tool in the family‚ helping to contribute with the income‚ to circumstances where they are now an important loved member of that unit and for the majority‚ their health and well being at the forefront. These alterations can be attributed to the changes in acts
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parents who are supposed to love‚ cherish‚ nurture and keep them free from harm. Caroline Kingston from the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC) said that between 20‚000 to 25‚000 children are referred to the HSE’s child protection and welfare services every year. www.childline.ie In March 2011 Frances Fitzgerald TD‚ newly appointed Minister for Children stated that: ‘The importance of protecting‚ valuing and listening to children has been highlighted in a number of high-profile
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Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Limited (BIFFL) is a newly established public limited company which envisages to attract private investments from local and foreign investors and to invest in companies that are implementing infrastructure projects in Bangladesh. The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh has already provided BDT 16 Billion (USD 220 mill) to this company as initial equity capital and has taken 100% ownership of the company. But it is expected that the company will
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The data protection principles There are eight data protection principles that are central to the Act. The Company and all its employees must comply with these principles at all times in its information-handling practices. In brief‚ the principles say that personal data must be: 1. Processed fairly and lawfully and must not be processed unless certain conditions are met in relation to personal data and additional conditions are met in relation to sensitive personal data. The conditions are
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Nature protection Our planet is only a tiny part of the universe‚ but nowadays is the only place where we can live. Since ancient times‚ Nature has served Man‚ being the source of his life. For thousands of years‚ people lived in harmony with environment and it seemed to them that natural riches were unlimited. But with the development of civilization‚ man’s interference in nature began to increase. Large cities with thousands of industrial enterprises appear all over the world today. The offals/rubbish
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could make that process better for Aboriginal people by placing them on government reserves or in church missions where they could die in peace. This new approach to Aboriginal affairs was known as ’Protection’ policy. Unfortunately like many other initiatives to help Indigenous people‚ the protection policy did not protect their freedoms or their way of life - it only helped to further destroy them. See image 2 From the time they first arrived in Australia the white settlers had attempted to ’civilise’
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Ruff (1995) stated that the criminal liability of producers‚ distributors and suppliers of unsafe products is covered under Part II of the Consumer Protection Act of 1987‚ which has mandated a general safety requirement. The producer‚ distributor or supplier of unsafe products incur criminal liability for failure to exercise due diligence. The law is strict but the criminal liability can be dispensed with after showing that they exercised due diligence and have reasonable grounds to believe that
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Environmental protection Environmental protection is the main problem facing humanity nowadays. Ten years ago the world “ecology” hardly meant anything for the majority of people‚ but today we can’t help bearing it in our minds. It has happened because of the growing effect of the rapid industrial development of the natural world‚ which has negative features of its own. As a matter of fact the state of environment has greatly worsened of late. There is no doubt that soil‚ water and
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* Environmental protection * Environmental protection is one of the main problems of today. Industrial civilisation is characterised by numerous factories and power stations‚ automobiles and aeroplanes. Technological progress improves people’s lives‚ but at the same time it causes numerous problems that were unimaginable in the past centuries. Through their daily activities people pollute and contaminate land‚ water and air. Today pollution has become a universal
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