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.
Ada is a village in Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The population was 5,582 at the 2000 census. In 2006, the city's population was estimated at 5,841. The Wilson Sporting Goods NFL football manufacturing facility is located in Ada, and is the only football manufacturing facility in the United States. The National Arbor Day Foundation has qualified Ada as a Tree City USA. In 1817, The Ohio Shawnee Native American tribe signed the Treaty of Fort Meigs to receive reservation land at Hog Creek near Ada.