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Permission Requests Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports® magazine, ConsumerReports.org®, and other information products, is a nonprofit organization. We encourage educational and non-commercial use of our content by schools and others. The nominal fee we charge is reinvested in our testing and publishing programs. Written permission is required.

Requests to reproduce Consumer Reports® articles are reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Please review our No Commercial Use Policy.

Requesting Permissions

Educational organizations, please submit a written request to:
CU Permissions
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Yonkers, NY 10703-1057

You may also send your request by e-mail to: wwintman@consumer.org

Be sure to include the following with your request:
  • Your school name, address, the grade level of the students
  • Number of copies you plan to make
  • Description of how CU material will appear (including surrounding text), to show context. If all or part of the article is to be reprinted in another publication or document, include a sample of that publication or document

Higher Education Use

For permission to use our content in higher education, ask your school if it is registered with the CCC (Copyright Clearance Center/Academic Permissions Service). If it is, click the CCC link to the right. If not, see Other Permissions, below.

For Other Organizations and Professionals

Permission is considered for non-educational institutions when it is clear that there is no commercial intent. As our No Commercial Use Policy states in part, "The name of Consumers Union/Consumer Reports/ConsumerReports.org or any of our other information products cannot be used in any advertising or promotion (including press releases) of any product or service that we have evaluated."

Be sure to include the following with your request:
  • The same information requested above for educational organizations
  • Information about how the CU material will be distributed and to whom