Consumer protection refers to the laws designed to aid retail consumers of goods and services that have been improperly manufactured, delivered, performed, handled, or described. Such laws provide the retail consumer with additional protections and remedies not generally provided to merchants and others who engage in business transactions, on the premise that the consumers do not enjoy a sufficient bargaining position with respect to the businessmen with whom they deal and therefore should not be strictly limited by the legal rules that govern recovery for damages among businessmen. The overarching goal is to protect individuals and the interest of the public in general from unfair and misleading activity in business and commerce (such as false advertising and deceptive trade practices) and scams perpetrated by criminals (such as identity theft and pyramid schemes) that harm a substantial number of consumers.
Radom is a village in Washington County, Illinois, United States. The population was 395 at the 2000 census. Radom was named for Radom, Poland. The people here are predominantly of Polish origin. Polish was the predominant language here until the introduction of English through television in the 1950s. Some of the early settlers came from Radom, Poland. Radom was named by Civil War Gen. John Basil Turchin, born Ivan Vasilyevich Turchaninov, who was, after the War, involved in the settlement of immigrants in Illinois.