The 2002 conference theme was Credit Cards Marketed to Youth and Privacy Rights.  In the session on Creating a Voice for Consumers the discussion included computer cookies that are placed on your computer when you enter certain websites.  Some provide easier reentry into a site, some are necessary for certain sites to operate and others compromise your privacy.  If you want to remove selected cookies from your computer, click here for directions.

The 2001 conference on Consumer Fraud included a breakout session on Identity theft, a problem that Wyoming consumers have experienced.  This group of three students--Mandy Tadewald, Katie Jones and Kate Howard (left to right) are discussing their project paper with Professor Virginia Vincenti (standing) who teaches FCSC 4113 Consumer Issues and Lori Reed, former ASUW Executive for Retention Management and Technology, who represented ASUW on the conference planning committee for last year's conference and who continues to serve on the committee this year.  The issue analysis papers done in Consumer Issues make a contribution to addressing consumer issues in the state.  There work is shared with the Wyoming Attorney General's Office, key legislators, and leaders in consumer organizations concerned about this issue such as AARP and Wyoming consumers who have been affected by the problem of identity theft. 

FCSC4113 Consumer Issues Student Issue Analysis Papers

Papers of Students On Issues from the 2002 Conference

Credit Cards Marketed to College Students
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Privacy Rights and the Internet
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Paper by Students After the 2001 Conference

Identity Theft 
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Checkout Video Tapes from the 2000 Conference

"Consumer Protection in Wyoming", Gay Woodhouse, former Wyoming Attorney General

"Internet Fraud", Dee Pridgen, Professor of Law, UW College of Law

"Telemarketing and Predatory Lending", Mark Moran, former Wyoming Assistant Attorney General

"Wyoming's Landlord/Tenant Law", Arthur Gaudio, former Professor and Dean, UW College of Law

"Identity Theft", Emily Hoopes, Consumer Advocate, Colorado Public Interest Research Group (PIRG)

To check out videos, please contact:
Chris Stimson
307-766-5376
stimson@.uwyo.edu

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