Displaying 3901 - 3920 of 5040
FTC Will Host Public Workshop to Explore Advertising Disclosures in Online and Mobile Media on May 30, 2012
Date
The Federal Trade Commission will host a day-long public workshop to consider the need for new guidance for online advertisers about making disclosures required under FTC law. The guidance will...
FTC Releases Top Complaint Categories for 2011
Date
The Federal Trade Commission today released its list of top consumer complaints received by the agency in 2011. For the 12th year in a row, identity theft complaints topped the list. Of more than 1.8...
FTC Approves Safe Harbor Program for Aristotle International, Inc.
Date
The Federal Trade Commission today announced that Aristotle International, Inc. has been approved as a "safe harbor" program under the terms of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998...
FTC Takes Action to Stop Massive Robocalling Operations
Date
As part of the Federal Trade Commission's ongoing efforts to crack down on illegal, prerecorded "robocalls," the FTC is taking legal action to stop two operations that allegedly enabled telemarketers...
FTC Halts Deceptive Practices of Marketer Who Collected $359 Million Using Bogus 'Free' Trial Offers
Date
The Federal Trade Commission has stopped an Internet scheme that allegedly used bogus "free" product offers that deceived consumers in the United States and other countries and charged them for...
Window Marketers Settle FTC Charges That They Made Deceptive Energy Efficiency and Cost Savings Claims
Date
Five companies that sell replacement windows in numerous states will have to stop making exaggerated and unsupported claims about the energy efficiency of their windows, and how much money consumers...
FTC Report Raises Privacy Questions About Mobile Applications for Children
Date
The Federal Trade Commission today issued a staff report showing the results of a survey of mobile apps for children. The survey shows that neither the app stores nor the app developers provide the...
Commission Letter Approving Aristotle, Inc.’s Safe Harbor Program Application Under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule
Date
Matter Number
P114509
File
Aristotle Safe Harbor approval letter
(85.04 KB)
Report
Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book for January - December 2011
Date
File
Sentinel CY-2011
(4.04 MB)
Report
Mobile Apps for Kids: Current Privacy Disclosures are Disappointing
Date
File
Text of the FTC Staff Report (February 2012)
(556.6 KB)
Under FTC Settlement, Debt Buyer Agrees to Pay $2.5 Million for Alleged Consumer Deception
Date
One of the nation's largest consumer debt buyers has agreed to pay a $2.5 million civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it made a range of misrepresentations when trying to...
Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Pledge to Work Together to Protect Consumers
Date
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have signed an agreement to coordinate efforts to protect consumers and avoid duplication of federal law...
Internet Marketers of Acai Berry Weight-Loss Pills and "Colon Cleansers" to Pay $1.5 Million to Settle FTC Charges of Deceptive Advertising and Unfair Billing
Date
The Federal Trade Commission announced that an operation that marketed acai berry supplements, "colon cleansers," and other products using allegedly fraudulent free trial offers and phony endorsements...
FTC Action Bans Payment Processor from Using a Novel Payment Method to Debit Accounts
Date
A payment processor and two of its principals are now banned from using a new payment method to process electronic payments under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which resolves charges...
Membership Reward Service Aimed at College Savers Settles FTC Charges That Its 'TurboSaver Toolbar' Feature Deceptively Collected Consumers' Personal Information
Date
A membership reward service aimed at consumers trying to save money for college has agreed to settle FTC charges and will be barred from its allegedly deceptive practice of using a web-browser toolbar...
Universal Computers and Electronics, Inc., d/b/a Appliancebestbuys.com, and d/b/a universallcdtv.com, In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
102 3040
Docket Number
9347
FTC Files Amicus Brief in U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Saint Joseph Abbey v. Castille
Date
The Federal Trade Commission filed an amicus brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in a case raising constitutional challenges to provisions of the Louisiana Embalming and...
Court Rules in Favor of FTC; Orders Defendants in Payday Lending Case to Pay More Than $294,000 for Illegal Garnishment of Consumers' Paychecks
Date
At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court has ordered one of the individuals behind a payday lending scheme and two companies he controlled to pay $294,536 for illegally trying...
Displaying 3901 - 3920 of 5040