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Financial Privacy & Security

 

Current Campaigns

ID Theft/Data Dealers

If a stranger on the street asked you to let them see your credit card or social security card, you'd probably say no, correct? Well right now thieves in Colorado are asking financial institutions for access to your credit report to steal identities and they are getting it. Read more.

Stop Predatory Lenders

Predatory lending practices trap some of America’s most vulnerable consumers in spirals of debt. CoPIRG is fighting these abusive practices in a number of industries. Read more.

Truth About Credit

Credit card companies use a variety of unfair practices to trap consumers in a cycle of over-priced debt. The companies are allowed by regulators to raise your rates for any reason, including no reason. Read more. 

Overview

Conducting the day-to-day business of our lives shouldn’t come at the cost of our financial security. But too often, big banks, insurance and investment companies and other firms take advantage of unsuspecting consumers or manipulate the system.  CoPIRG fights to make the financial marketplace work fairly, to protect vulnerable Americans from predatory lending terms, to equip consumers with the knowledge to protect their finances, and to expose business practices that make us vulnerable to identity theft, fraud and abusive credit rates.



Hidden fees, abusive interest rates and lax security have become all too common in our under-regulated, high-tech marketplace. CoPIRG works to ensure that consumers' privacy and finances are secure.


News

Colorado House Passes Legislation to Cut Interest Rates Charged by Payday Lenders 2/25/2008

Law to Protect Consumer Privacy and Stop Identity Theft Implemented 6/30/2006

Passing of Security Freeze Bill Major Victory for Victims of ID Theft 6/02/2006


Newsroom

Reports

Colorado Tenants' Rights 10/01/2007

Seven Solutions: A Legislative Handbook Of Identity Theft Solutions Available to Colorado Lawmakers 2/18/2005

Deflate Your Rate: How To Lower Your Credit Card APR 3/28/2002


More Reports

Resource

Colorado Attorney General's Consumer Protection Page

Attorney General's Fair Debt Collection Page

Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies

Colorado Public Utilities Commission

National Consumer Information Center

Rocky Mountain Better Business Bureau

Denver Better Business Bureau



 

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