Competition, consumer protections key to productivity - ComCom

Competition, consumer protections key to productivity - ComCom
Gavin Evans
By Gavin Evans July 25 (BusinessDesk) - Competition and proper consumer protections will be essential if New Zealand is to benefit from the rapid technological developments underway globally, Commerce Commission chair Anna Rawlings says. While new technologies are providing “pretty spectacular” choices in communications, online retailing and entertainment, surveys show some consumers are expressing a sense of vulnerability that their personal data may be being harvested and that their choices are somehow being manipulated, Rawlings said a...

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