Ricardo Sheffield Padilla, head of the Federal Consumer Attorney’s Office (Profeco), urged the population to go shopping at Hot Sale 2023 -the largest online sales campaign in the country that brings together online sales and service companies- and that he finds some irregularity “or some past thread” to report it to that institution.
In a press conference at the National Palace, the attorney called the buyers to reason their purchases and buy only what they can afford or what is needed.
“Today the Hot Sale starts, it is organized by the Mexican Online Sales Action (AMVO), also these offers in electronic commerce if you have or locate any past thread in the offers or do not want to comply, call us at 55- 55-68-87-22. Profeco is also present in electronic commerce monitoring “.
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“Make sure they have the Profeco digital badge, which is additional support, from May 29 to June 6. Remember: make reasonable purchases, ‘I buy what you can afford, I buy what I need,'” he said.
Inai alert on risks of Internet purchases during the Hot Sale
With the arrival of the pandemic, the consumption habits of the majority of Mexicans were transformed and today buying online is more common than thought, for this reason the National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data ( INAI) alerted about purchase risks during the Hot Sale.
Thus, for the tenth edition of the Hot Sale, which will take place from May 29 to June 6, 2023, the Inai issued a series of recommendations with the purpose of rReduce risks or improper processing of personal data when buying on the Internet.
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