Private and International Consumer Links – Internet Resources
Resources that include links to Better Business Bureaus, National and International Consumer Agencies and Organizations, and Professional Associations.
Better Business Bureaus
- Council of Better Business Bureaus
- Hawaii Better Business Bureau
- AUTOLINE — mediation and arbitration of car complaints
- Better Business Bureau On-line Complaint Form (national)
- Find a Better Business Bureau
International Consumer Agencies and Organizations
- Australian Consumers’ Association
- Queensland, Australia Office of Consumer Affairs
- Canadian Consumer Education & Information Forum (CCEIF)
- Consumers’ Association of Canada
- Consumers International
- Consumers’ Institute of New Zealand Consumer Online (NZ’s Consumer Reports)
- Denmark Competition and Consumer Authority
- Finland National Consumer Research Centre
- Hong Kong Consumer Council
- Federation of Malaysian Consumers Association
- Trading Standards on the Net (U.K.)
- Welsh Consumer Council (Wales)
Consumer Organizations and Professional Associations
- Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) services
Forum of a nationwide network of professional arbitrators and mediators comprised of former judges, litigates and law professors.
- American Arbitration Association
- American Association of Individual Investors
- American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
- American Council on Consumer Interests
- Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
- American Society of Travel Agents Consumer Affairs Dept.
- Center for Science in the Public Interest
- CENTRAL NOTICE-Class Actions
Listing of Class Actions and Lawsuits to Recover Money and Protect Your Rights By Private Citizens and Government Agencies
- Consumer Action (San Francisco) email only
- Consumer World
Consumer World® has gathered over 1500 of the most useful consumer resources on the Internet, and categorized them here for easy access.
- Council of Better Business Bureaus
- Direct Marketing Assn.(DMA)
- Direct Selling Association Code of Ethics
- Electronic Privacy Information Center
- The Internet Advocacy Center (consumer links/info)
- National Assn. of Consumer Agency Administrators (NACAA)(e-mail)
- National Assn. of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys
- National Assn. of Insurance Commissioners
- National Charities Information Bureau
- National Consumer Law Center
- National Consumer Organizations (list)
- National Fraud Information Center (National Consumers League — info)
- NICE — National Institute for Consumer Education
- Netcheck Commerce Bureau (similar to BBB)
- Physicians Who Care (medical info)
- Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
- Public Citizen founded by Ralph Nader
- Public Interest Research Groups (USPIRG & state PIRGs)
- SOCAP — Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals in Business
- TenantNet