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Protects consumers from unfair practices in connection with the purchase.
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Rules for further depth in Consumer Sales Practices Act.
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Gives the consumer three days to cancel any transaction over $25 that occurs outside the sellers location of business.
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Made it illegal to participate in pyramids sales schemes.
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Protects the consumer who pays in advance for the services of health spas, dance studios, diet centers, dating agencies or martial arts schools.
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This made it illegal to alter or conceal the mileage reading of a vehicle.
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This gave consumers five days to cancel business opportunity agreements.
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Requires auto manufacturers to repair or replace lemon vehicles within a reasonable amount of time.
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Requires merchants to notify consumers who are about to default on their layaway agreements.
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Prohibits sellers from giving out consumers' social security numbers, or any other personal financial information.
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Requires one-year warranties covering the full cost of repair or replacement for products designed for disabled consumers.
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Gives consumers 30 days to return hearing aids.
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Requires certain telemarketing businesses operating inside and outside of Ohio to register with the Ohio Attorney General's Office.
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Allows dealers that participate in the Title Defect Rescission Fund to sell vehicles before acquiring titles for them.
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Requires public utilities to get consumers' permission to change their natural gas or public telecommunications providers.
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Gives consumers the unconditional right to cancel their vehicle purchase if dealers do not deliver their titles within 40 days of the purchase.
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Requires registration and insurance for people who repair vehicles that have been damaged in collision.
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Protects the rights of condominium unit owners.
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Prohibits sellers from printing credit card expiration dates or more than five digits of consumers' credit card numbers on receipts.
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Mandates registration and bonding for organizations that offer credit repair, debt counseling or related services.
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Requires debt adjusters to file annual financial statement with the Attorney General's Office.
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Allows the Ohio Attorney General to enforce federal telemarketing laws.
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Makes it illegal for most gift cards to expire in less than two years from their issues date.
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Requires sellers to notify consumers if a security breach puts their personal information at risk for identity theft or other fraud.
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Amends several statutes
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Prohibits title insurance agents from pressuring or misleading consumers regarding loans of seventy-five thousand dollars or less.
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Requires credit reporting agencies to allow consumers to place a "freeze" on each of their credit reports to prevent opening new credit accounts in the consumers' names.