World news | The GuardianPush to regulate UK bailiffs too slow, warns supervisory body
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jun/08/regulation-bailiffs-uk-consumer-rights
kkarhan@TeflonTrout I'm just glad that this device activation bs. is flatout illegal in the EU and courts in Germany even sided with consumers that they should get free transferability of eSIMs because they don't have to ask for permission or pay a fee to swap devices with a regular SIM card.
- Even fixed fees for Replacement eSIMs & SIM cards got axed by courts…
Sources [in German]:
https://www.handyhase.de/magazin/news/klage-kosten-esim-tausch-drillisch/
https://www.proto-legal.de/de/aktuelles/32-urteil-gegen-drillisch-neues-esim-profil-darf-keine-kosten-verursachen.html
https://www.vzbv.de/urteile/mobilfunk-pauschale-gebuehr-fuer-ersatz-sim-karte-ist-unzulaessig
Florida Digital Rights Assoc.RE: https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/116710755666929467
If you don't get to own the computer in the tractor, take the computer out of the tractor.
As frustrating as companies can make technology, there is always the route that respects you as a person, even if it takes a while to pave the path.
BBC NewsKebab firm fined £500k for selling lamb that was mostly skin and fat
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy736xme2vvo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
PPC LandFYI: Schibsted's pay-or-okay system in Norway triggers formal GDPR complaint: noyb and Norway's consumer council file a formal GDPR complaint against Schibsted over a pay-or-okay tracking consent system spanning its Nordic publications. https://ppc.land/schibsteds-pay-or-okay-system-in-norway-triggers-formal-gdpr-complaint/ #GDPR #PrivacyPolicy #DataProtection #ConsumerRights #Norway
Business | The Guardian USMamdani’s consumer watchdog takes on ‘epidemic of corporate lawbreaking’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/05/mamdani-new-york-city-consumer-watchdog #ZohranMamdani #NewYork #ConsumerRights #ConsumerAffairs #TrumpAdministration #Money #Business #UsPolitics #UsNews
World news | The GuardianConsumer protection agency deletes thousands of pages as Trump administration seeks to dismantle it https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/04/trump-administration-consumer-financial-protection-bureau #TrumpAdministration #ConsumerRights #Money #UsNews #UsPolitics
Consumer protection agency deletes thousands of pages as Trump administration seeks to dismantle it
MB/MasterBroNetworkBeen a while since I posted, but if you care about #StopKillingGames, please share this open letter to everyone you can that cares.
Video Games Europe (a lobbyist group that has mis-represented the movement before) is hosting a private event with Ubisoft's CEO and the commission that will decide the fate of the movement, 2 weeks before they are set to decide.
https://www.reddit.com/r/StopKillingGames/comments/1tuz5qu/skg_letter_to_the_community/
ICYMI: Schibsted's pay-or-okay system in Norway triggers formal GDPR complaint: noyb and Norway's consumer council file a formal GDPR complaint against Schibsted over a pay-or-okay tracking consent system spanning its Nordic publications. https://ppc.land/schibsteds-pay-or-okay-system-in-norway-triggers-formal-gdpr-complaint/ #GDPR #PrivacyRights #DataProtection #ConsumerRights #Norway