Consumer Protection Agencies

• U.S. Department of Agriculture

• Banks: which federal agency regulates your bank [site 1] [site 2]

• Commodity Futures Trading Commission

• Consumer.Gov -- the federal government's mega-consumer site

• Consumer Information Center (Pueblo, CO)

• Consumer Product Safety Commission

• Consumer Sentinel: Joint Federal/State/Local complaint database

• Federal Communications Commission

• Comptroller of the Currency ("national" banks)

• Environmental Protection Agency

• Federal Reserve Bank consumer information

• Fed Sales: one-stop shopping for government auctions, surplus, etc.

• Federal Trade Commission

• Federal Trade Commission Online Consumer Complaint form

• Federal Agency Web Locator

• FirstGov: US Government information by subject

• Food and Drug Administration

• Government Guide online complaint forms by topic

• Dept. of Housing & Urban Development (HUD)

• Internet Fraud Complaint Center (FBI and others)

• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

• U.S. Postal Inspection Service

• Securities and Exchange Commission fraud/complaint center

• Seniors.Gov: info from federal agencies for senior citizens

• Department of Transportation: aviation consumer protection division

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• Alabama Attorney General's Office Consumer Affairs Section

• Arizona Attorney General

• Arkansas Attorney General consumer protection

• Banking Regulators by state (homepages)

• California Attorney General consumer information/complaints

• California Bureau of Auto Repair

• California Contractors State Licensing Board

• California Dept. of Consumer Affairs

• CA Los Angeles County Dept. of Consumer Affairs

• CA Santa Cruz Cty District Attorney Consumer Affairs Division

• CA San Francisco Consumer Advocate (weights and measures, agriculture)

• Colorado Dept. of Law Consumer Protection

• Connecticut Attorney General Consumer Tips

• Connecticut Dept. of Banking

• Connecticut Dept. of Consumer Protection

• Delaware Attorney General consumer information

• Doctor licensing boards by state (those on-line only)

• Florida Attorney General's Office

• Florida Dept. of Agriculture Division of Consumer Services

• Florida's Hillsborough County Consumer Protection Section

• Florida's Orange County Consumer Fraud Unit

• Florida's Pinellas County State Attorney Consumer Protection

• Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs

• Georgia Consumers' Insurance Advocate

• Hawaii selected regulations from Dept. of Commerce & Consumer Affairs

• Idaho Attorney General Consumer Protection

• Illinois Attorney General's Office

• Illinois: City of Chicago Dept. of Consumer Services

• Indiana Attorney General's Office complaint form

• Indiana Office of the Utility Consumer Counselor

• Iowa Attorney General Consumer Protection Division

• Kansas Attorney General Consumer Protection

• Kansas Insurance Department

• Kentucky Attorney General's Office

• Jacksonville, Florida Division of Consumer Affairs

• Louisiana Attorney General

• Maine Attorney General Consumer Protection Unit

• Maine Office of Consumer Credit Regulation

• Maryland Attorney General homepage

• Maryland Montgomery County Division of Consumer Affairs

• Maryland's Office of People's Advocate (utility advocate)

• Massachusetts Attorney General

• Mass. Board of Registration in Medicine (physician profiles)

• Massachusetts: Cambridge Consumers' Council

• Massachusetts: Cape Cod Consumer Assistance Council

• Mass. Division of Registration: check on licenses of many tradespeople/professionals

• Mass. Home Improvement Contractor Registration lookup

• Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs

• Michigan Attorney General consumer & business information

• Michigan Dept. of Consumer & Industry Services (selected laws)

• Minnesota Attorney General (Consumer Connection)

• Mississippi Attorney General Consumer Protection Division

• Missouri Attorney General

• Missouri Department of Insurance

• Missouri Office of Public Counsel (utilities)

• Nevada Attorney General

• Nevada Consumer Affairs Division

• New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau

• New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs

• New York Attorney General consumer information

• NYC Department of Consumer Affairs

• NYC Public Advocate Consumer Complaining

• New York State Consumer Protection Board

• NY State Office of Professions (check licensing and disciplinary actions of 38 categories of professionals)

• New York, Ulster County Consumer Fraud Bureau

• North Carolina Attorney General Consumer Protection

• North Dakota Attorney General

• Ohio Attorney General consumer info and complaint form

• Ohio Consumers' Counsel

• Oklahoma Attorney General consumer protection

• Oregon Attorney General

• Oregon Dept. of Consumer and Business Services

• Pennsylvania Attorney General's Bureau of Consumer Protection

• Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate (utilities)

• Pennsylvania Utilities Commission Information

• Pharmacy state regulatory boards

• San Francisco's Consumer Advocate

• South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs

• South Dakota Attorney General's Office

• State and Local Consumer Agencies (Pueblo's master list)

• State and Local Government Directory (all agency types)

• State banking departments

• State insurance departments

• State government homepages

• State securities regulators (addresses and links)

• Tennessee Division of Consumer Affairs

• Texas Attorney General's Consumer Information page

• Utah Attorney General

• Utah Division of Consumer Protection

• Vermont Attorney General consumer information

• Virginia Attorney General

• Virginia Beach Consumer Affairs Division

• Virginia Office of Consumer Affairs

• Washington State Attorney General's Consumer Information

• West Virginia Attorney General's office

• Wisconsin Attorney General consumer news

• Australian Office of Fair Trading

• Australian Department of Fair Trading (New South Wales)

• Australian Consumers' Association

• Australia ConsumersOnline.Gov: government consumer portal

• Australia Office of Consumer and Business Affairs

• Australian National Consumer Website

• Australia Product Safety Recalls

• Queensland, Australia Office of Consumer Affairs

• Better Business Bureau Costa Rica

• Canada: Alberta Consumers' Association

• Industry Canada Consumer Connection

• Canada's Consumer Information Gateway from government agencies

• Consumers' Association of Canada

• Consumers Council of Canada

• Canada Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council: dealer complaints and info

• SOCAP Canada

• Consumers International

• Consumers International list of consumer agencies worldwide

• Costa Rica Better Business Bureau

• Denmark National Consumer Agency

• Estonia Consumer Protection Board

• eConsumer.gov: file consumer complaints about international transactions

• European Advertising Standards Alliance (self-regulation)

• European Commission on Consumer Affairs

• Finland National Consumer Research Centre

• Hong Kong Consumer Council

• Hungary Inspectorate for Consumer Protection

• India (Rourkela) Consumer Protection Council

• International Consumer Agencies list from Virtual Institute of Information

• International listing of Consumer Organizations (from Consumers Intl)

• Ireland Consumers' Association

• Ireland (Northern) General Consumer Council

• ASSOUTENTI - Onlus - Associazione nazionale utenti dei servizi pubblici (Italian national consumers assoc.)

• Italy Consumer Affairs

• Jamaica Consumer Affairs Commission

• Japan Consumer Information Center

• Korea Consumer Protection Board

• Mauritius Institute of Consumer Protection

• Mexico's Federal Consumer Protection Agency (en espanol)

• Consumers' Institute of New Zealand Consumer Online (NZ's Consumer Reports)

• New Zealand Ministry of Consumer Affairs

• Polish Consumer Federation

• Russian Consumer Federation

• Consumers Association of Singapore

• Slovenia Office of Consumer Protection

• South Pacific Consumer Protection Programme

• Catalan (Spain) Institute of Consumer Affairs; European Info Agency for Consumer Affairs

• Spain: National Consumer Institute (in Spanish)

• Swedish Consumer Agency

• Swedish Consumer Coalition

• Office of Fair Trading (UK govt agency)

• Trading Standards Net (comprehensive UK consumer site)

• Trading Standards Central (by U.K. government)

• UK's Consumer.Gov Gateway to consumer information

• UK's National Consumer Council

• Welsh Consumer Council (Wales)

• AUTOLINE -- mediation and arbitration of car complaints

• BBB OnLine (look for the "CARE" symbol to assure honest dealings)

• Better Business Bureau On-line Complaint Form (national)

• Boston Better Business Bureau (with on-line reliability reports, scam alerts, more)

• Canadian Council of Better Business Bureaus

• Council of Better Business Bureaus

• Links to local Better Business Bureaus

• New York Metro Better Business Bureau

• Vancouver Island BBB

• American Arbitration Association

• American Association of Individual Investors

• American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)

• American Council on Consumer Interests

• American Society of Home Inspectors

• American Society of Travel Agents

• Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

• Association of Home Appliance Mfrs (Major Appliance Consumer Action Program)

• Aviation Consumer Action Project, a Ralph Nader group

• BoatUS: industry-sponsored mediation of consumer complaints about boats

• Call for Action (network of consumer help centers)

• CalPIRG (California Public Interest Research Group unofficial site)

• Center for Auto Safety

• Center for Democracy & Technology ( net privacy issues)

• Center for Science in the Public Interest

• Coalition Against Insurance Fraud

• Commercial Alert: a Ralph Nader anti-commercialism and advertising group

• Community Associations Institute: for homeowners assns, coops, condominiums

• Consumer Action (San Francisco)

• Consumer Attorneys of California

• Consumer Federation of America

• Consumers League of New Jersey

• ConsumerNet (collective of California consumer groups)

• Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion (anti-scan-card page)

• Consumers Union consumer advocacy and issues site

• Consumer Watchdog: Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights

• Consumers' Voice: advocates on telecom issues

• Council of Better Business Bureaus

• Direct Marketing Assn (DMA) consumer tips

• Direct Selling Association Code of Ethics

• Electronic Privacy Information Center

• Insurance Information Institute

• Medicare Rights Center

• National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG)

• National Association of Consumer Advocates

• National Assn. of Consumer Agency Administrators (NACAA)

• National Assn. of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys

• National Assn. of Insurance Commissioners

• National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI)

• National Assn. of Securities Dealers complaint program

• National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates

• National Center for Financial Education

• National Charities Information Bureau

• National Coalition for Consumer Education/LifeSmarts

• National Consumer Law Center

• National Consumers League

• National Council of Individual Investors

• National Consumer Organizations (Consumer's Resource Handbook)

• National Consumer Organizations (list)

• National Foundation for Consumer Credit (Consumer Credit Counseling Service main office)

• National Fraud Information Center (National Consumers League -- info)

• NICE -- National Institute for Consumer Education

• Netcheck Commerce Bureau (similar to BBB)

• North American Securities Administrators Association

• Pennsylvania Consumer Action Network

• Online Privacy Alliance (businesses for voluntary privacy standards)

• Passenger Rights.com: helps you file travel complaints online

• Physicians Who Care (medical info)

• PlanetFeedback: send complaints/comments to companies online and off

• Privacy Leadership Initiative: business site promoting best practices

• Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

• Public Citizen founded by Ralph Nader

• Public Interest Research Groups (USPIRG & state PIRGs)

• SOCAP -- Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals in Business

• Square Trade: free online alternate dispute resolution service

• TenantNet

• Tenants Union (directory of resources nationwide)

• ToySafety.org: compilers of annual "10 Worst Toys" list

• TRAC -- Telecommunications Research & Action Center

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