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Code: 4.2.1 · Adults

Consumer rights and responsibilities

Descriptors

Knowledge

What you can do at this level

  • Kdigitaldaily-lifelarge-majority

    Aware of one's rights and obligations when purchasing a financial product or service

  • Kdigitaldaily-life

    Aware of one's consumer rights related to e-commerce and online transactions, such as full price disclosure and conditions for exchanges / returns / refunds

  • Kdaily-lifelarge-majority

    Aware of ones rights in the event of unauthorised or improperly executed payment

  • Kresiliencelarge-majority

    Knows and understands the rights and responsibilities of consumers who fail to pay specific bills, including taxes and utilities

  • Kdigital

    Knows the legal right to contest a decision taken by an algorithm

Skill

What you can do at this level

  • Sdaily-lifelarge-majority

    Takes into account individual rights and responsibilities as a financial consumer

  • Sdaily-lifelarge-majority

    Reads the small print when choosing financial products

  • Slarge-majority

    Informs financial service providers of changes in circumstance where relevant or contractually obliged to do so

  • Sdaily-life

    Keeps statements and contracts, and records conversations and actions relating to potential maltreatment from financial service providers

  • Sresiliencedaily-life

    Ensures that creditors are aware of all relevant factors that may impact repayments

  • Sresiliencedaily-lifelarge-majority

    Applies for help to pay or defer specific bills in times of need (where available)

Attitude

What you can do at this level

  • Adaily-lifelarge-majority

    Values the rights of financial consumers

  • Alarge-majority

    Motivated to research and exercise one's own rights as financial consumer

Learning outcome types
K — What you need to know: theoretical understanding and factual information.
S — What you can do: practical and technical abilities.
A — How you approach things: values, dispositions and behaviours.