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Letter: Technology without humanity is a perversion of society, open to fraud and abuse. Let’s make consumer protection a priority.


Letter: Technology without humanity is a perversion of society, open to fraud and abuse. Let’s make consumer protection a priority.

The last four years of inflation notwithstanding, the rise of technology in every aspect of life has made ordinary consumers increasingly vulnerable. The abusive denigration of consumers as de facto store employees is common in the proliferation of self-serve checkouts. Big box stores like KOHL’s should have better policies for managing the sale of their gift cards, including protective packaging; they should be subject to government regulations.

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