About us
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) was responsible for protecting consumer interests throughout the UK. Its responsibilities have been passed to a number of different organisations. View the [closed OFT site in the UK Government Web Archive](http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140525130048/http://www.oft.gov.uk). ##Use services and information now provided by other organisations ###Consumer rights You can: * find out who to contact about [consumer protection and complain about a product or service](/consumer-protection-rights) * [complain to the Advertising Standards Authority](https://www.asa.org.uk/Consumers/How-to-complain.aspx) if you think advertising rules have been broken * [complain to Monitor](/government/organisations/monitor/about/complaints-procedure) about a healthcare provider in England * contact the [Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)](http://www.fca.org.uk/) with enquiries about the regulation of consumer credit ###Anti-competitive behaviour and issues with market sectors You can: * [tell the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/tell-the-cma-about-a-competition-or-market-problem) about: * anti-competitive practices (eg price fixing and bid rigging) * a market not working well * unfair terms in a contract * any issues related to poor competition * find out how to [avoid and report anti-competitive behaviour](/cartels-price-fixing) * find out how to [avoid unfair terms in sales contracts](/unfair-terms-in-sales-contracts) ##History of OFT OFT was a non-ministerial department. It existed from 1973 to 1 April 2014. OFT’s responsibilities passed to a number of different organisations when it closed. *[OFT]: Office of Fair Trading