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.
Pippa Passes is a city in Knott County, Kentucky, United States. The city is most known for being the location of Alice Lloyd College. The population was 297 at the 2000 census. Pippa Passes was incorporated as a Kentucky sixth-class city on July 1, 1983, and is governed by a mayor and city council. As of 2009, the city's mayor is Scott Cornett, who is also the Alice Lloyd College baseball coach. The city's police department operates as a combined unit with the college's security organization.