this post was submitted on 21 Sep 2024
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New Rules (proposals of laws that will fix problems)

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Inspired by Bill Maher’s “New Rules” segment of his show, but not as satire. Some satire is perhaps welcome but this is like a serious bug tracker for the real world (not bugs in software apps).

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Corporations in the US operate like criminals in the sense that they will willfully break any law that is unenforced or has no enforcement mechanism. For example, there is a law requiring credit bureaus to disclose the source of information they collect to the data subject it pertains to. But they blatantly ignore the law because enforcement is nearly impossible. The penalty for concealing info sources is $1k. Theoretically every credit bureau in the US is liable for a statutory penalty of $1k for every consumer they have a file on. But they escape this because case law shows that a consumer cannot win damages unless they can prove damages. How do you prove you were damaged by not knowing who the source of your credit file info is?

So new rule: if a corporation breaks a law, you only need to prove that the law was broken, not damages, and you can claim $1k for your small claims court action effort.

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