Our comic offers tips and insights for navigating different debt collection tactics with confidence.
Senate Bill 605, which prohibits credit reporting on medical debt, has been passed by the House and the Senate and now moves on to be signed by Governor Kotek. One of OCJ's four priority bills, SB 605 helps defend consumers' financial stability as federal protections weaken.
On May 9, we gathered policy, law, education, nonprofit, and government consumer justice advocates for continuing education and connection. We discussed the role that trauma plays in our working relationships as well as strategies to help us restore ourselves, instead of burning out.
OCJ Law, P.C., files a class action lawsuit on behalf of Oregon consumers harmed by Grocery Outlet's prohibited sales practices.
Legal rights for consumers, across the United States and in Oregon, date back to the late 1700s. Leveraging expertise across the team and our partners, OCJ Policy Intern Felix Knoebel researched and crafted a timeline to help us all better understand how culture and politics continue to influence the expansion and contraction of our consumer rights. The OCJ Consumer Protection Timeline shares milestones and legal wins, providing a context for the consumer protections we’re working to strengthen and expand.
We all deserve to keep our personal information safe and secure. In this digital age where companies track, sell, and use our information, that security is harder and harder to come by. Thanks to the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act, Oregonians now have more power to limit how and when businesses collect or use our personal information (also known as “personal data”).
Here’s how to keep our data private. Spam is so common it may feel unavoidable. A phone call from someone you don’t know asking for your information? Text message promoting crypto? How do you maintain privacy when it feels like your information is just out there?
You’ve probably been here before: you receive a letter saying a company had a data breach and your information was “compromised.” But, what does that mean? And how did they even get your information?
How to guide your loved ones towards data privacy. Your grandmother answers her phone. The caller says they have her package but she needs to give them more information before they can deliver it. They ask for things including her name, address, and more.
And how to stop them from profiting off of our personal information. Data brokers are businesses that are in the business of collecting large amounts of personal information and selling it to companies for profit. They do this often behind our backs and without our permission. These businesses make a lot of money off of each and every one of us!
Together, the Alliance showed up as a united presence advocating for stronger, more equitable consumer protection policies for our communities statewide.
Just over two months remain in the 2025 Oregon legislative session, and we are excited to share an update on our work at the state Capitol advancing pro-consumer legislation to help Oregon families thrive while defending against legislation that does the opposite.
