Don’t want your Smartphone tracking your EVERY MOVE? Here’s what to do!

Whether you realize it or not, you are never really alone! Your smartphone tracks your whereabouts, including the places you go, how many times you have been there, and what days and times you were there. Companies and apps track your visits because they make money when they sell this information to target ads to… View Article

Posted in Consumer Protection, News, Scam Alert on January 8, 2020

Attorney General’s Statement on the Passing of City Commissioner Nick Fish

I just feel sad today — incredibly sad — at the loss of our good friend, “Commish” Nick Fish. In his poignant “resignation” letter three days ago, Nick said, “The future is bright.” I’m sure he believed that. But today our skies are cloudy, suffused with a terribly empty feeling in the hearts of everyone… View Article

Posted in News on January 3, 2020

AG Rosenblum Announces $4 Million Settlement with CenturyLink

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today announced a $4 million settlement with the global telecommunications company CenturyLink for engaging in deceptive advertising by door-to-door salespeople, deceptive billing practices, undisclosed fees, and failing to apply promised discounts to customer accounts. Since 2014, Oregon DOJ has received more than 1,200 consumer complaints about CenturyLink. As part of… View Article

Posted in Consumer Protection, Media Release, News on December 31, 2019

Tips for Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday

Today is Cyber Monday and tomorrow is Giving Tuesday. In other words, today we’re taking advantage of online sales, and tomorrow we’re using the web to support important causes. Computers and mobile phones make all of this so easy-and, for the most part, that is a good thing. First, though, are you asking important questions… View Article

Posted in Consumer Protection, News, Scam Alert on December 2, 2019

Salem Reporter: Why a new Oregon law seeks to improve how hate crimes are reported

Source: Salem Reporter », By Jake Thomas, November 6, 2019 Improved data could reveal the breadth of hate in Oregon while aiding law enforcement and community groups. In late October, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office won the first conviction under Oregon’s new hate crime law. The case involved a 50-year-old man who hurled slurs at two… View Article

Posted in Hate and Bias Crimes, News on November 7, 2019