• U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Banks: which federal agency regulates your bank
• Banks: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (your rights w/national banks)
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
• 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 Citizen Information Center (Pueblo, CO)
• Federal Reserve Bank consumer information
• Fed Sales: one-stop shopping for government auctions, surplus, etc.
• Federal Trade Commission
• Food and Drug Administration
• Dept. of Housing & Urban Development (HUD)
• Internet Crime Complaint Center (FBI and others)
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• U.S. Postal Inspection Service
• Securities and Exchange Commission fraud/complaint center
• Department of Transportation: aviation consumer protection division
• USA.gov(FirstGov): US Government information by subject

International Agencies, Organizations, Resources

• Australian Competition and Consumer Information Scamwatch
• Australian Consumers' Association
• Australian Consumer Law
• Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
• Australian Department of Fair Trading (New South Wales)
• Australian National Consumer Website
• Australia Office of Consumer and Business Affairs (South Australia
• Australia Product Safety Recalls
• Canada: Alberta Consumers' Association
• Industry Canada Consumer Information
• Canada's Consumer Information Gateway from government agencies
• Consumers' Association of Canada
• Consumers Council of Canada
• Canada: Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
• SOCAP Canada
• Consumers International
• Consumers International list of consumer agencies worldwide
• 2018 Dubai Consumer Complaints and Information
• Estonia Consumer Protection Board
• eConsumer.gov: file consumer complaints about international transactions
• European Advertising Standards Alliance (self-regulation)
• European Commission on Consumer Affairs
• European Consumer Organization
• European countries' consumer networks and organizations
• Finland National Consumer Research Centre
• Germany's Stiftung Warentest: product reviews, more
• Hong Kong Consumer Council
• Hungary Inspectorate for Consumer Protection
• India (Rourkela) Consumer Protection Council
• International Consumer Agencies list from Virtual Institute of Information
• International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network (ICPEN)
• Ireland Consumers' Association
• Ireland Consumerline.org: consumer advice, links, publications
• Ireland (Northern) General Consumer Council
• Ireland National Consumer Agency
• ASSOUTENTI - Onlus - Associazione nazionale utenti dei servizi pubblici (Italian national consumers assoc.)
• Italy/Confconsumatori: Association of Consumers for Consumers
• Jamaica Consumer Affairs Commission
• Japan National Consumer Affairs Center
• Korea Consumer Agency
• Korea Consumer Protection Board
• Malta Consumers' Association
• 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 Protection
• Consumers Association of Singapore
• Spain: Consumer.es (consumer news stories in Spanish)
• Swedish Consumer Agency
• Swedish Consumer Coalition
• Office of Fair Trading (UK govt agency)
• Trading Standards Central (by U.K. government)
• Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue
• UK's Advertising Standards Authority
• UK Consumer Action Group
• UK Consumer Direct: advice and information
• UK Ethical Consumer: corp. social/environmental records
• UK Financial Conduct Authority: regulates banks, lenders, insurance brokers, financial advisors
• UK ICSTIS: monitors premium rate telephone services
• What Consumer: UK consumer advice
• Which? -- the UK's equivalent of Consumer Reports
• Which? UK Consumer Rights Site

State and Local Agencies

• 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 Office of Privacy Protection
• CA Santa Cruz Cty District Attorney Consumer Affairs Division
• Colorado Dept. of Law Consumer Protection
• Colorado Office of Consumer Counsel (utilities)
• 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 Agency
• Florida Miami-Dade County Consumer Services Dept.
• Florida's Orange County Consumer Fraud Unit
• Florida Palm Beach County Consumer Affairs Division
• Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs
• Georgia Consumer Affairs - ConsumerEd.com - consumer education site
• Idaho Attorney General Consumer Protection
• Illinois Attorney General's Office
• Illinois: City of Chicago Dept. of Consumer Services
• Indiana Consumer (AG's office)
• 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
• 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
• Massachusetts: Cambridge Consumers' Council
• Massachusetts: Cape Cod Consumer Assistance Council
• Mass. Division of Professional Licensure: check on licenses of many tradespeople/professionals
• Mass. Home Improvement Contractor Registration lookup
• Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs
• Medicine/Medical/Doctor licensing boards state by state
• Michigan Attorney General consumer & business information
• Minnesota Attorney General Consumer Information
• Mississippi Attorney General Consumer Protection Division
• Missouri Attorney General
• Montana Dept. of Justice Consumer Protection
• Nebraska Attorney General
• Nevada Attorney General Bureau of Consumer Protection
• 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 Division
• NY Nassau County Office of Consumer Affairs
• NY Suffolk County Office of Consumer Affairs
• New York, Ulster County Consumer Fraud Bureau
• NY Westchester County Department of Consumer Protection
• 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
• 2016 Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities
• Pennsylvania Utilities Commission Information
• Pharmacy state regulatory boards
• Rhode Island Attorney General
• 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 securities regulators (addresses and links)
• Tennessee Division of Consumer Affairs
• Texas Attorney General's Consumer Information page
• Utah Division of Consumer Protection
• Vermont Attorney General consumer information
• Virginia Attorney General
• Virginia Beach Consumer Affairs Division
• Virginia Office of Consumer Affairs
• Washington DC Attorney General (Consumer Protection)
• Washington State Attorney General's Consumer Information also: consumer blog
• 2024 Weights and Measures State Offices
• West Virginia Attorney General's office
• Wisconsin Attorney General consumer news
• Wisconsin Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection

Better Business Bureaus

• AUTOLINE -- mediation and arbitration of car complaints
• 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
• National Advertising Division of the BBB
• Vancouver Island BBB

Consumer Organizations and Professional Associations

• American Arbitration Association
• American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
• American Council on Consumer Interests
• American Society of Home Inspectors
• American Society of Travel Agents
• Americans for Fairness in Lending
• Arbitration mandates in contracts, Give Me Back My Rights
• Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
• Association for Consumer Research
• Association of Home Appliance Mfrs (Major Appliance Consumer Action Program)
• BoatUS: industry-sponsored mediation of consumer complaints about boats
• California Consumer Rights Association
• Call for Action (network of consumer help centers)
• CalPIRG (California Public Interest Research Group unofficial site)
• California Utility Consumers' Action Network
• Center for Auto Safety
• Center for Democracy & Technology ( net privacy issues)
• Center for Science in the Public Interest
• Coalition Against Insurance Fraud
• Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email (spam)
• Commercial Alert: a Ralph Nader anti-commercialism and advertising group
• Community Associations Institute: for homeowners assns, coops, condominiums
• Consumer Action (San Francisco)
• Consumer Federation of America
• Consumer Federation of California
• Consumers League of New Jersey
• Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion (anti-scan-card page)
• Consumers Union consumer advocacy and issues site
• Consumer Watchdog: Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights
• Council of Better Business Bureaus
• DigitalConsumer.org: seeks personal rights to copy music, etc.
• Direct Marketing Assn (DMA) consumer tips
• Direct Selling Association Code of Ethics
• Electronic Privacy Information Center
• Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights
• ID Theft Resource 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 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 Consumers League Blog -- Savvy Consumer
• Consumer Assistance Directory: National Consumer Organizations (Consumer's Resource Handbook)
• National Foundation for Consumer Credit (Consumer Credit Counseling Service main office)
• National Fraud Information Center (National Consumers League -- info)
• Netcheck Commerce Bureau (similar to BBB)
• North American Securities Administrators Association
• North Carolina Consumers Council
• Organic Consumers Association
• Pennsylvania Consumer Action Network
• Online Privacy Alliance (businesses for voluntary privacy standards)
• 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
• Tenants Union (directory of resources nationwide)
• ToySafety.org: compilers of annual "10 Worst Toys" list

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