Archive for the ‘Law & Ethics’ Category

Is it legal to make a person pay a “minimum”charge when paying with a debit/credit card?

Ms B asked: I work in NYC, and if by any chance of a miracle I find lunch for under $10, some places have a minimum charge where you HAVE to spend a certain amount when paying with a debit or credit card. For some its $7 and others it may be $10. I just [...]

why do insurance companies run your credit report?

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER asked: how did this bulls…. ever get passed. so i want car insurance and had 1 ticket in 6 years so that does not really count and my insurance started at $500 for 6 months then I hit the submit button and the final price says because of your credit rating the [...]

Is it true the government plan to monitor or are monitoring the sites we visit?

Alster asked: I was reading a newspaper today and found that the government are going to or are going to monitor the web sites we visit! If this is true isn’t it a breach of our human rights and if so how could we combat this!? IP randomizers, Really heavy firewalls! I don’t want the [...]

Government Regulate all Banks, Do they Monitor ?

rinkuoe asked: Their was a regulation for the Banks can not charge more then 24.99% interest on credit Cards Defaulter. They are charging 29.99% now. Is this mean banks are taking everything Granted? Any thoughts ????Anna