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AFSA President and CEO Celia Winslow will be testifying on Capitol Hill later this morning, examining legislative proposals to strengthen consumer protection. AFSA’s testimony, which you can read here. Debt settlement companies advertise themselves as a magic bullet, a way to reduce debt and an alternative to bankruptcy. Consumers enrolling with a debt settlement company […]

This week, AFSA’s State Government Affairs team submitted a comment letter to the Colorado Attorney General’s Office in response to its request for informal stakeholder input on implementation of SB 26-189, the Colorado Automated Decision-Making Technology Act. AFSA cautioned that the law, as enacted, is far broader than comparable frameworks like the CCPA ADMT Regulations and GDPR, and […]