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Internet Site Agrees to Settle FTC Charges of Deceptively Collecting Personal Information in Agency's First Internet Privacy Case

Date

August 13, 1998

GeoCities, one of the most popular sites on the World Wide Web, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it misrepresented the purposes for which it was collecting personal...

Press Release

FTC Enforcement Actions Continue to Target "Crammers"

Date

July 16, 1998

Consumer complaints about crammers -- companies that use deceptive and unfair tactics to cram charges on consumers' phone bills --- are rising rapidly, according to the Federal Trade Commission. In...

Report

Commercial Weight Loss Products and Programs What Consumers Stand To Gain and Lose

Date

March 11, 1998

Commercial Weight Loss Products and Programs What Consumers Stand To Gain and Lose A Public Conference on the Information Consumers Need to Evaluate Weight Loss Products and Programs Report of the...

Cases and Proceedings

Frank Bommarito Oldsmobile, Inc. and Frank J. Bommarito, In the Matter of

Type of Action

Administrative

Last Updated

January 9, 1998

FTC Matter/File Number

952 3202

Docket Number

C-3774

Press Release

Announced Actions for January 9, 1998

Date

January 9, 1998

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final consent agreements with the following entities: Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.; Volkswagen...

Oct16

Event

Commerical Weight-Loss Products and Programs

October 16, 1997 | 12:00AM - October 17, 1997 | 12:00AM

The FTC, the American Society of Clinical Nutrition, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hosted a public conference...

Press Release

Valvoline Settles Charges

Date

October 8, 1997

Ashland, Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that ads for the Valvoline Company's Teflon-containing TM8 Engine Treatment product were false and unsubstantiated. Valvoline is an...

Press Release

FTC Launches Next Round in Battle To End Deceptive Automobile Lease Advertising

Date

October 7, 1997

Two major automobile manufacturers and five St. Louis, Missouri-area dealerships have signed agreements with the Federal Trade Commission to end alleged practices of omitting or burying key cost...

Jul28

Event

Public Workshop on Franchise Rulemaking

July 28, 1997 | 12:00AM - July 29, 1997 | 12:00AM

These conferences were intended to serve several purposes: (1) To allow Commission staff and interested parties the opportunity to discuss openly issues raised in the ANPR and in the comments to the...

Press Release

FTC Puts Exercise Device Weight-Loss Claims on a Diet

Date

June 17, 1997

Marketers of some of the most popular exercise equipment on the market today have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that they made exaggerated weight-loss claims in their...

Cases and Proceedings

Splitfire, Inc., In the Matter of

Type of Action

Administrative

Last Updated

May 2, 1997

FTC Matter/File Number

952 3029

Docket Number

C-3737

Press Release

Press Availability on New Federal Credit Repair Law; Agency to Announce Results of “Credit Repair Web Surfing”

Date

March 28, 1997

The Federal Trade Commission will provide a press availability on Tuesday, April 1st, the effective date for a new federal law, which provides consumers with better protection from fraudulent credit...

Press Release

FTC Staff Works with Credit Counseling Agencies

Date

March 17, 1997

A new policy hammered out by the National Foundation for Consumer Credit (NFCC) with guidance from staff of the Federal Trade Commission will ensure that financially-troubled consumers who seek help...

Cases and Proceedings

International Association of Conference Interpreters, a/k/a Association Internationale des Interprtes de Conference, and United States Region of the International Association of Conference Interpreters, In the Matter of

Type of Action

Administrative

Last Updated

March 14, 1997

Docket Number

9270

Press Release

FTC Conducts Review of 900-Number Rule

Date

March 11, 1997

The Federal Trade Commission is conducting a review of its 900-Number Rule to determine whether it has been effective in curbing abuses associated with 900-number services. The Commission also is...

Cases and Proceedings

California Suncare, Inc. and Donald J. Christal., In the Matter of

Type of Action

Administrative

Last Updated

February 14, 1997

FTC Matter/File Number

942 3218

Docket Number

C-3715

Press Release

Announced Actions for January 28, 1997

Date

January 28, 1997

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period on each, the Commission has made final consent agreements with the following entities. The Commission action makes the...

Cases and Proceedings

Computer Business Services, Inc., et al., In the Matter of

Type of Action

Administrative

Last Updated

January 24, 1997

FTC Matter/File Number

942 3311

Docket Number

C-3705

Press Release

Business Supply Scammers Settle FTC Charges

Date

November 27, 1996

Three telemarketing operations that were sued in a Federal Trade Commission sweep of scams that bilked small businesses have agreed to settle charges that their business practices were deceptive and...

Oct03

Event

Public Forum on Vehicle Buyback Disclosures

October 3, 1996 | 12:00AM

On November 8, 1995, a number of consumer groups filed a petition asking the Commission to look into whether vehicles bought back under state lemon laws are being resold without disclosing to...

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