It’s these elements in the smoke that consumers enjoy while smoking. However, the burning process that releases the tobacco flavors and nicotine also produces over 6,000 chemicals, of which about 100 have been identified by leading public health agencies as causes or potential causes of smoking...
at the state level, several important data privacy laws have recently been passed, with more pending approval. Because these laws were passed recently, they more adequately protect consumers in a way that applies to current data exchange
Here's some background on the scope of the CFPB's activities and how the agency's tenuous status might affect consumers: What does the CFPB regulate? The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is charged with creating rules and taking enforcement actions to protect consum...
Native ads, alternatively, are “slipped” into content in a way that’s not disruptive but more attractive to consumers. They can come in the form of blog posts, videos, photos, etc. 9 ways to leverage social media data to drive business growth READ BLOG Why are advertising campaigns ...
The federal agencies and ISVs employ in-house decryption or steganographic algorithms to provide turnkey networks that can offer decryption on multiple computers across an entire company. Types of Decryption A single algorithm is used to encrypt and decrypt a pair of keys. Each of these keys gets...
A tariff is a tax imposed by a government on goods and services imported from other countries that serves to increase the price and make imports less desirable.
at the customer’s facility. Because of their dedicated hardware and infrastructure, private clouds are generally more expensive and lack some of the flexibility of public clouds; they’re used when the customer requires the highest levels of security and control. Government agencies are an example...
Because consumers tend to invest in a strong economy and save in a weak economy, this Act allows a financial institution to offer both savings and investment services. There are several federal agencies that are tasked with enforcing consumer protection laws. The Federal Trade Commission, the ...
Financial institutions in the United States are overseen by an assortment of federal agencies including the FRB and FDIC. State agencies are often involved as well, especially in the regulation of insurance products. The stock market is overseen by both the U.S. Securities and...
Statistical agencies measure inflation first by determining the current value of a “basket” of various goods and services consumed by households, referred to as a price index. To calculate the rate of inflation over time, statisticians compare the value of the index over one period with that ...