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Across
  1. 4. any written, oral, or other communication of information by a consumer reporting agency that bears on a consumer’s credit worthiness
  2. 6. a practice that imposes unfair, deceptive, or abusive loan terms on borrowers
  3. 11. non-narrative appreciations of goods and services that are projected on a scale of marks or stars
  4. 12. the fraudulent acquisition and use of a person's private identifying information, usually for financial gain
  5. 15. websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking.
  6. 16. False advertising
  7. 18. a form of fraud in which belief in the success of a nonexistent enterprise is fostered by the payment of quick returns to the first investors from money invested by later investors
  8. 19. a cybercrime where a target is contacted by email, telephone, or text message by someone posing as a legitimate institution to lure individuals into providing sensitive data
  9. 20. a theory that states people consuming goods and services in large quantities will be better off
Down
  1. 1. business decision to use collected consumer data in a safe, secure and compliant way
  2. 2. the activity or profession of producing advertisements for commercial products or services
  3. 3. the action of forging or producing a copy of a document, signature, banknote, or work of art
  4. 5. a person or thing that influences another
  5. 7. request all the purchasers of (a certain product) to return it, as the result of the discovery of a fault.
  6. 8. withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest
  7. 9. method of displaying advertisements to a specific group of people based on their interests
  8. 10. consumer's positive feelings towards a brand and their dedication to purchasing the brand's products and/or services repeatedly regardless of deficiencies, a competitor's actions, or changes in the environment
  9. 13. a practice in which manufacturers of goods or providers of a service gain exposure for their products
  10. 14. a misconception based on the assumption that the opinion of the majority is always valid
  11. 17. an act of giving one's public approval or support to someone or something