New portal represents department's continuing efforts towards increasing consumer awareness and maintaining market stability
Event themed ‘Towards secure electronic shopping for consumers’ coincides with celebration of ‘Gulf Day for Consumer Protection’
· Order mandates Etisalat & du to secure consent of customers who exhaust their mobile data bundle allowance before providing additional data
· Move to prevent bill shock
· Directive part of TRA’s goal to protect consumer interests
The UAE Ministry of Economy today (May 25, 2016) held a special media briefing to talk about consumer protection and the Ministry's preparations for the coming Holy Month of Ramadan. The event, which was held under the patronage of His Excellency Eng. Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, was held at the Ministry's office in Abu Dhabi and was chaired by Dr. Hashim Saeed Al Nuaimi, Director of Consumer Protection Department. The event was attended by journalists and representatives from various local and foreign media agencies.
