CHICAGO—  A laundry list of major corporations have taken advantage of widespread disruptions to proactively assault longstanding communications preferences. Far too many stopped asking consumers to opt in to electronic bills, statements and other important notices, and instead just switched their account holders from paper to digital communication without prior consent. These anti-consumer practices show no sign of fixing themselves, but there is a silver lining. In many instances, consumers can reclaim their preferences for paper communications, free of charge, by taking a few proven steps 1) request that a company revert back to paper 2) Engage with companies on social media, sharing your frustration with paper fees 3) worthwhile to contact your provincial’s office of attorney general.