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WENDY KNOWLER | There is no complete security in the Consumer Protection Act

Woman cancels contract she thought would finish in a month, but company surprises her with three-month cancellation notice

Wendy Knowler Consumer journalist
28 March 2021 - 20:46

If a company or an industry wants a self-serving legal interpretation of the Consumer Protection Act, they will have no trouble finding it.

That’s a sobering thought with the 10th anniversary of the CPA just days away...

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