Tag: Bureau of Consumer Protection

Public Roundtable on Consumer Aspects of Hague Convention

December 19, 2001 | 12:00AM

The FTC, in consultation with other government agencies, held a public roundtable discussion on the consumer aspects of the Proposed Hague Convention on Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments being...

FTC Releases Second Follow-Up Report on the Marketing of Violent Entertainment to Children

Date

December 5, 2001

The Federal Trade Commission today released a follow-up report to its September 2000 Report, Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children: A Review of Self-Regulation and Industry Practices in the...

Dec04

Interagency Public Workshop: Get Noticed: Effective Financial Privacy Notices

December 4, 2001 | 12:00AM

The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB Act) requires that financial institutions issue privacy notices to their customers, and, in certain circumstances, provide them with the opportunity to opt out of...

Report

Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children: A One-Year Follow-Up Review of Industry Practices in the Motion Picture, Music Recording & Electronic Game Industries

Date

December 1, 2001

Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children: A One-Year Follow-Up Review (5.02 MB)

Statement of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection On the National Cancer Institute's Report on Cigarette Testing Method

Date

November 27, 2001

We are pleased that the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has released its new monograph, Risks Associated with Smoking Cigarettes with Low Tar Machine-Measured Yields of Tar and Nicotine. We understand...

Frank, Lisa, Inc.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

October 2, 2001

FTC Matter/File Number

012-3050

Web Site Targeting Girls Settles FTC Privacy Charges

Date

October 2, 2001

Lisa Frank, Inc., manufacturer of popular girls’ toys and school supplies, and operator of a Web site featuring those products, will pay $30,000 in civil penalties to settle Federal Trade Commission...

Cyberscam Targeted by FTC

Date

October 1, 2001

A cyberscammer who used more than 5,500 copycat Web addresses to divert surfers from their intended Internet destinations to one of his sites, and hold them captive while he pelted their screens with...

Joint FTC/Commerce Department Report Released on "Reasonable Demonstration" Requirement of ESIGN

Date

June 27, 2001

The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Commerce's (Commerce) National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today released a report they prepared jointly at the...

Report

Report to Congress On The Electronic Signatures In Global And National Commerce Act: The Consumer Consent Provision in Section 101(c)(1)(C)(ii)

Date

June 1, 2001

Text of Report and Appendices A-E (170.99 KB)

"How-to" Publisher Settles Deceptive Book Club Marketing Allegations

Date

May 30, 2001

On behalf of the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") today filed a civil penalty complaint and proposed consent decree against Creative Publishing International ("CPI"), a...

May22

Disclosure Exposure: An FTC-NAD Workshop on Effective Disclosures in Advertising

May 22, 2001 | 12:00AM

The FTC and the National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus held a public workshop to explore how marketers comply with "clear and conspicuous" disclosure...

Bigmailbox.Com, Inc., et al.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

April 19, 2001

FTC Matter/File Number

002 3378

Entertainment Software Rating Board Awarded "Safe Harbor" Status

Date

April 19, 2001

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) has been approved as a "safe harbor" program under the terms of the Children's Online Privacy...

Looksmart, Ltd.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

April 19, 2001

FTC Matter/File Number

002 3379

FTC Announces Settlements with Web Sites That Collected Children's Personal Data Without Parental Permission

Date

April 19, 2001

Marking the first anniversary of the effective date of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, the Federal Trade Commission announced settlements with three Web operators for violations of the...

Monarch Services, Inc., et al.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

April 19, 2001

FTC Matter/File Number

002 3375

Apr03

Esign Public Workshop: Electronic Signatures In Global And National Commerce Act

April 3, 2001 | 12:00AM

This workshop was part of the FTC and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) effort to gather information to report to Congress on the benefits and burdens of Ã¥Â¤ 101...

Report

Rotational Health Warnings for Cigarettes (March 2001 – April 2001)

Date

April 1, 2001

Rotational Health Warnings for Cigarettes (March 2001 – April 2001) (5.77 MB)

Mar13