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Sample individual

2025-06-24T23:50:19Z

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'''Sauron''' was a prominent figure in the Second Age who gained significant attention for his role in a widespread ring distribution scheme that raised major consumer protection concerns. As the CEO and founder of Mordor Technologies, he was directly responsible for the development, marketing, and distribution of the Rings of Power product line, which became notorious for its deceptive terms of service and privacy violations.
==Professional background==
Sauron served as chief lieutenant at Angband Industries before founding Mordor Technologies in SA 1000<ref>Elrond, P. (SA 3442). "The Corporate History of Mordor Technologies." ''Rivendell Business Review'', 12(3), 45-67.</ref>. Under his leadership, Mordor Technologies developed sophisticated ring-based technology that was marketed as enhancing user capabilities and extending life. The company became known for its aggressive expansion strategy and controversial data collection practices.
==Stance on consumer rights==
Sauron publicly positioned himself as an advocate for technological advancement and user empowerment. In a Second Age press conference, he stated, "Our rings are gifts to all peoples, freely given to enhance their lives."<ref>"Transcript: Mordor Technologies Ring Distribution Announcement." (SA 1600). ''Gondor Times''.</ref> However, internal documents later revealed that this messaging deliberately obscured the extensive data collection and control mechanisms built into the products.
==Major consumer protection incidents==
===Ring distribution scheme (SA 1600-1700)===
Sauron orchestrated what would become known as the "Rings of Power" incident, one of the most significant cases of systematic consumer exploitation in Middle-earth history. The scheme involved several key components:

'''Deceptive marketing''': Products were marketed as "gifts" while containing hidden terms of service that granted Mordor Technologies extensive control over users<ref>White Council Investigation Committee. (SA 3442). "Final Report on the Rings of Power Incident."</ref>.<br>'''Remote control capabilities''': The One Ring system, later discovered, allowed Mordor Technologies to remotely monitor and control all distributed rings without user consent<ref>Gandalf, G. (SA 3018). "Analysis of One Ring Control Systems." ''Journal of Magical Consumer Protection'', 89(2).</ref>.<br>'''Data Collection''': Extensive personal information was gathered through the rings, including user location, thoughts, and activities, without adequate disclosure<ref>Galadriel et al. (SA 3441). "Privacy Implications of Ring-Based Technology."</ref>.<br>

===Terms of service controversy (SA 1697)===
Investigation by the White Council revealed that ring recipients were bound by undisclosed terms that effectively granted Mordor Technologies complete control over users. The Council's report noted that the terms were "deliberately obscured and impossible for average consumers to understand or resist."<ref>White Council Consumer Protection Division. (SA 1697). "Terms of Service Analysis: Rings of Power."</ref>
===Privacy violations===
The extent of privacy violations became apparent when it was discovered that all ring users were subject to continuous surveillance through what Mordor Technologies termed "The Great Eye" monitoring system<ref>"The Great Eye: Technical Documentation." (SA 1700). Internal Mordor Technologies document, leaked SA 3018.</ref>. This system collected user data including:

*Real-time location tracking
*Personal thoughts and intentions
*Social connections and activities
*Behavioral patterns

==Regulatory response==
The White Council launched multiple investigations into Mordor Technologies' practices, culminating in the Last Alliance regulatory action of SA 3441<ref>Last Alliance Regulatory Framework. (SA 3441).</ref>. This led to:

*Mandatory disclosure requirements for ring-based technology
*New restrictions on remote control capabilities
*Demolition of the centralized control servers at Barad-Dûr
*Enhanced privacy protections for consumers

==Current status==
Following the Last Alliance action, Sauron was removed from his position at Mordor Technologies. While he is no longer directly involved in consumer technology, his ring distribution scheme has had lasting implications for consumer protection law and continues to be cited in cases involving hidden terms of service and unauthorized data collection.
==Impact on consumer protection==
Sauron's activities led to significant changes in Middle-earth consumer protection law, including:

*The Third Age Consumer Rights Act
*The White Council Privacy Protection Framework
*Enhanced disclosure requirements for enchanted items<ref>Council of Elrond. (TA 1). "Consumer Protection Reform Act."</ref>

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User:Webmistress

2025-06-24T23:23:08Z

Webmistress:

User from the UK with experience in the following areas:

Pre Windows Server 2003 Network Admin using recycled and scrounged kit, running businesses using same. Company law, board experience. UK.

Programming, BASIC, Aseembly, Pascal, C, Visual Basic, C++ in that chronological order of experience.

Fixing 90's and early 2000's hifi gear, soldering, tracing faults.

Hoping to contribute positively and make as few mistakes as possible!

Consumer Rights Wiki talk:Living persons policy

2025-06-24T23:21:17Z

Webmistress:

Notwithstanding the fact that I've already broken this policy by writing a quick bio under my username, I was reading this and noticed references to Wikipedia which should instead refer to this, the Consumer Rights Wiki. Obviously I can't just crash in here and start editing major policy, but company law is one of my areas of expertise, and being reminded of this I shall add it to my Bio.

Anyway, someone should probably change this, and this note serves as intent on our part to correct such things in the future, housekeeping is important.

: Thank you for spotting these @Cybermistress - I've rectified the issues I noticed; please let me know if you spot any more. [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 07:43, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

: I hope I'm not butchering the page format, but I just want to say thank you, that was astoundingly quick and it's an awesome feeling being part of a team where relevant feedback is dealt with and appreciated, this place feels like home. Thank you again, webmistress.

Consumer Rights Wiki talk:Living persons policy

2025-06-24T23:20:42Z

Webmistress:

Notwithstanding the fact that I've already broken this policy by writing a quick bio under my username, I was reading this and noticed references to Wikipedia which should instead refer to this, the Consumer Rights Wiki. Obviously I can't just crash in here and start editing major policy, but company law is one of my areas of expertise, and being reminded of this I shall add it to my Bio.

Anyway, someone should probably change this, and this note serves as intent on our part to correct such things in the future, housekeeping is important.

: Thank you for spotting these @Cybermistress - I've rectified the issues I noticed; please let me know if you spot any more. [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 07:43, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

: I hope I'm not butchering the page format, but I just want to say thank you, that was astoundingly quick and it's an awesome feeling being part of a team where relevant feedback is dealt with and appreciate, this place feels like home. Thank you again, webmistress.

AirPods

2025-06-24T22:57:01Z

Webmistress: Added small detail regarding historical headphone use on phones

These horrific portable wireless earphones are anti-right-to-repair in several areas. Most importantly, their design prevents all but the most deft of hands from replacing their internal Li-Ion rechargable batteries, rendering them useless due to a part which inevitably ages over time, like tyres on a car. If you had to throw your car away because it was physically impossible to replace the tyres without ruining the body of the car, that would be Airpods.

They also led to an era of lossy, awful wireless-only sound, by allowing manufacturers to justify removing lossless, CD quality headphone outputs from their phones and audio devices. Bluetooth is always lossy. Even Sony Ericsson sold breakout boxes for normal headphones for their C905, W995, for example.

AirPods

2025-06-24T22:54:20Z

Webmistress: Created stub and basic description of Airpods

These horrific portable wireless earphones are anti-right-to-repair in several areas. Most importantly, their design prevents all but the most deft of hands from replacing their internal Li-Ion rechargable batteries, rendering them useless due to a part which inevitably ages over time, like tyres on a car. If you had to throw your car away because it was physically impossible to replace the tyres without ruining the body of the car, that would be Airpods.

They also led to an era of lossy, awful wireless-only sound, by allowing manufacturers to justify removing lossless, CD quality headphones from their phones and audio devices. Bluetooth is always lossy.

Internet of things

2025-06-24T22:50:03Z

Webmistress: Created Stub Page because I referred to IoT on another page

== IoT (Internet of Things) ==
This term refers to products which may or may not use 3rd party Internet service to provide a service, this could be for information sharing, for example a camera feed or baby monitor, or for control and management of the device remotely, for example a Ring doorbell.

Some of these devices (though not many) can carry out their work indefinitely with no internet connections, controlled locally on your LAN and not requiring servers for activation. A grey area happens with products like BRLite, for example, which will monitor you if it can, but the lights continue to work with newly installed APKs after grid down.

The term Internet of Things also refers to networks used specifically for these kinds of devices, like LoRa, though not all are proprietary.

Talk:Right to own

2025-06-24T04:38:34Z

Webmistress: Created page with "I'm not finished completing this article and I promise to create the articles I've created Red Links for when I wake next. If my changes are still here and are considered useful, that is."

I'm not finished completing this article and I promise to create the articles I've created Red Links for when I wake next.

If my changes are still here and are considered useful, that is.

Right to own

2025-06-24T04:31:17Z

Webmistress: Corrected my own bad grammar

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The '''right to own''' is the right for consumers to be able to completely own their products. The Consumer Action Taskforce (CAT) believes that a consumer only owns their product if they have full control over it. Ownership is a key concept to consumer rights protection.

==Extent of the right to own==
As established, a consumer only owns their purchased product if they completely control it. Below are some categories of things companies can do to limit your ownership of the products you buy, how they work, and some solid examples of each.

==Subscription-Only Products (Software as a Service, SaaS)==
If control is revocable, the consumer does not own their product. A consumer does not own their product if they pay a [[Subscription service|subscription]] for continued use. A consumer does not own their product if it [[Discontinuation bricking|bricks itself]] when the company goes out of business<ref>insert reference to company going out of business and bricking the device here</ref> or decides to [[Spotify Car Thing|discontinue production]]. Many software products which used to sell unlimited licenses to use and reinstall the software forever are now subscription only.

'''Examples:''' [[Adobe]], [[Microsoft]], [[IoT]] Devices that rely on servers and services outside your home, with or without subscriptions

==Anti-Repair Design==
A consumer does not own their product if they are unable to [[Right to repair|repair]] their device themselves due to the company going out of its way to make unauthorized repair impossible.<ref>Insert reference to apple doing this. Note: make a page about the Apple repair program being inadequate (change this from reference to direct link preferably. [[Apple authorized repair]]</ref> This include things like the proprietary calibration software which [[Apple]] refuses to provide to third parties and which Apple Youtubers claim is a "feature to improve performance and security". This could also include devices made to throw away when a wear component, such as batteries, breaks after a few years, and cannot be repaired, a perfect example being [[Airpods]] (from the infamous Apple)

==Poor Security==
A consumer does not truly own their product if poor [[security]] allows unauthorized actors to use the product without permission. Any of these problems will reduce the degree to which consumers own their products and harm their right to own. Before making any purchase, consider how much of it is actually yours.

An example of this is [[car entry systems]], many of which did not use rolling code key systems and can be abused by devices like the [[Flipper Zero]], a commonly available pentesting toy.

==References==
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[[Category:Common terms]]
[[Category:Positive practices]]
[[Category:Articles in need of additional work]]

Right to own

2025-06-24T04:30:08Z

Webmistress: Fleshed out the article providing some structure and linked examples of types of products you don't own, keeping all original text and the intent of the original author, whoever that was, i hope they don't mind.

{{StubNotice}}
The '''right to own''' is the right for consumers to be able to completely own their products. The Consumer Action Taskforce (CAT) believes that a consumer only owns their product if they have full control over it. Ownership is a key concept to consumer rights protection.

==Extent of the right to own==
As established, a consumer only owns their purchased product if they completely control it. Below are some categories of things companies can do limit your ownership of the products you buy, how they work, and some solid examples of each.

== Subscription-Only Products (Software as a Service, SaaS) ==
If control is revocable, the consumer does not own their product. A consumer does not own their product if they pay a [[Subscription service|subscription]] for continued use. A consumer does not own their product if it [[Discontinuation bricking|bricks itself]] when the company goes out of business<ref>insert reference to company going out of business and bricking the device here</ref> or decides to [[Spotify Car Thing|discontinue production]]. Many software products which used to sell unlimited licenses to use and reinstall the software forever are now subscription only.

'''Examples:''' [[Adobe]], [[Microsoft]], [[IoT]] Devices that rely on servers and services outside your home, with or without subscriptions

== Anti-Repair Design ==
A consumer does not own their product if they are unable to [[Right to repair|repair]] their device themselves due to the company going out of its way to make unauthorized repair impossible.<ref>Insert reference to apple doing this. Note: make a page about the Apple repair program being inadequate (change this from reference to direct link preferably. [[Apple authorized repair]]</ref> This include things like the proprietary calibration software which [[Apple]] refuses to provide to third parties and which Apple Youtubers claim is a "feature to improve performance and security". This could also include devices made to throw away when a wear component, such as batteries, breaks after a few years, and cannot be repaired, a perfect example being [[Airpods]] (from the infamous Apple)

== Poor Security ==
A consumer does not truly own their product if poor [[security]] allows unauthorized actors to use the product without permission. Any of these problems will reduce the degree to which consumers own their products and harm their right to own. Before making any purchase, consider how much of it is actually yours.

An example of this is [[car entry systems]], many of which did not use rolling code key systems and can be abused by devices like the [[Flipper Zero]], a commonly available pentesting toy.

==References==
<references />
[[Category:Common terms]]
[[Category:Positive practices]]
[[Category:Articles in need of additional work]]

Consumer Rights Wiki talk:Living persons policy

2025-06-24T04:10:50Z

Webmistress: Please change "Wikipedia" to "Consumer Rights Wiki" if you see this Admins

User:Webmistress

2025-06-24T03:53:44Z

Webmistress: Description of myself

User from the UK with experience in the following areas:

Pre Windows Server 2003 Network Admin using recycled and scrounged kit, running businesses using same

Programming, BASIC, Aseembly, Pascal, C, Visual Basic, C++ in that chronological order of experience.

Fixing 90's and early 2000's hifi gear, soldering, tracing faults.

Hoping to contribute positively and make as few mistakes as possible!