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Licensing: Oversight by licensing boards ensures compliance with professional standards.

Current law provides rights to spouses of retirement plan participants. Protections are stronger in defined benefit (DB) plans than in defined contribution (DC) plans.

Defined contribution plan account holders should have to obtain written spousal consent to take payment from the account in a form other than a joint-and-survivor annuity.

Older adults are major contributors to the U.S. economy through consumer spending. It is important that this spending take place in a safe and fair marketplace.

These principles provide a flexible framework that applies to all consumer products and services. 

Federal, state, and local consumer protection agencies all have a role in safeguarding consumers against fraud, deception, and unfair practices.

New technologies have tremendous potential to transform the lives of all people.

In cases of extremely short supply or high demand, sellers may attempt to profit from the scarcity of essential products and services.

Virtually all companies now collect, use, share, or sell personal information. This refers to information that is linked or reasonably linkable to an identified or identifiable individual.

Algorithmic decision tools powered by artificial intelligence (AI) are being used for consequential decision-making in a variety of contexts.