BRUSSELS, BE and WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Consumer Choice Center (CCC), an international consumer advocacy group with staff members on both sides of the Atlantic, published a policy primer...
The Consumer Choice Center Malaysia, through its representative, Tarmizi Anuwar, has questioned the government’s decision to implement the Reference Price Guidelines for courier services, which took effect on 1 December...
Security and consumer rights experts have urged lawmakers to hold the UK government to account, after Apple removed end-to-end encryption (E2EE) in iCloud following data access demands from the Home...
The Trump administration, perhaps surprisingly, chose to defend the legality of the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA’s) drug price negotiation program enacted under President Joe Biden. In a filing Feb. 19,...
Apple has removed its advanced data protection (ADP) feature from the UK, following a dispute with the UK government over encryption and access to user data. This comes after the...
A huge train station in the UK located near an iconic landmark has been named “one of the best in Europe”. Experts at the Washington DC-based Consumer Choice Center ranked dozens of stations...
Bill Wirtz is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Consumer Choice Centre who specializes in evidence-based policy-making, agriculture, trade policy, and lifestyle choices. Originally from Luxembourg, he publishes in German,...
As of 15:00, new Apple users in the UK can no longer enable Advanced Data Protection (APD) of their data, an end-to-end encrypted backup. In response to the government’s requests...
Bahnhöfe aus Bayern schneiden in einem europaweiten Ranking schlecht ab. Der Fahrgastverband Pro Bahn ordnet die Lage ein und sieht viele Problemfelder. München – Die Bahn fällt bei vielen seit...
WINNIPEG – Canada should be pushing back against the European Union on agricultural regulations and its attempts to impose its policies on other countries, says a consumer advocate. The EU...
The European approach to agricultural regulation is often seen as a model of success, notes Bill Wirtz, senior policy analyst for the Consumer Choice Center based in Washington, D.C. “But...
A London train station was named one of the best stations in Europe – the only UK station to make the top 10 list. With the daily grind marred by train delays, it’s too...
