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Jan14

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Green Lights & Red Flags: FTC Rules of the Road for Advertisers

January 14, 2003 | 12:00AM

The FTC and regional experts gathered for a "back to basics" workshop about complying with truth-in-advertising laws. Sponsored by the FTC, the Electronic Retailing Association, the Promotional...

Nov19

Event

Workshop on Deception in Weight Loss Advertising

November 19, 2002 | 12:00AM

The FTC held a workshop to explore alternate approaches to reducing deceptive claims in advertising for weight-loss products. Following up on the issuance of the FTC staff report, Weight-Loss...

Press Release

Alabama Publishing Company to Pay $500,000 For Allegedly Violating Commission's Negative Option Rule

Date

November 7, 2002

On behalf of the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice today filed a complaint and consent decree against Alabama-based Oxmoor House and its parent Southern Progress Corporation, a...

Report

Rotational Health Warnings for Cigarettes (March 2002 – August 2002)

Date

August 1, 2002

Rotational Health Warnings for Cigarettes (March 2002 – August 2002) (190.26 KB)

Press Release

California Software Marketer to Pay $90,000 For Not Disclosing Terms of its Continuity Software Club

Date

May 23, 2002

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it has reached a settlement with Micro Star Software, Inc., a Carlsbad, California, software marketing company, and its president, Stephen Benedict...

May20

Event

Consumer Information Security Workshop

May 20, 2002 | 12:00AM - May 21, 2002 | 12:00AM

The FTC hosted a public workshop to explore issues related to the security of consumers' computers and the personal information stored in them or in company databases. The security of consumers' home...

Cases and Proceedings

Ohio Art Company, The

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

April 22, 2002

FTC Matter/File Number

022-3028

Press Release

FTC Protecting Children's Privacy Online

Date

April 22, 2002

On the second anniversary of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule, the Federal Trade Commission announced its sixth COPPA enforcement case together with new initiatives designed to enhance...

Cases and Proceedings

Campbell Mithun LLC, In the Matter of

Type of Action

Administrative

Last Updated

April 19, 2002

FTC Matter/File Number

012 3204

Report

Protecting Children’s Privacy Under COPPA: A Survey On Compliance

Date

April 1, 2002

COPPA compliance survey reviewing information collection practices at 144 children's Web sites.

coppasurvey.pdf (1.22 MB)

Press Release

Announced Actions for March 22, 2002

Date

March 22, 2002

The Commission has received an application from Liberty Media Corporation (Liberty) requesting that the FTC reopen and set aside the final order in the matter of Time Warner, Inc., et al. (Docket No...

Report

Rotational Health Warnings for Cigarettes (June 2001 – March 2002)

Date

March 1, 2002

Rotational Health Warnings for Cigarettes (June 2001 – March 2002) (19.75 MB)

Press Release

Federal Trade Commission Announces ID Theft Affidavit

Date

February 5, 2002

The FTC unveiled a new tool today to assist victims of identity theft restore their good names. The ID Theft Affidavit provides a model form that can be used to report information to many companies...

Report

Project Scofflaw: The Detection and Prosecution of Violators of District Court Orders Obtained by the Federal Trade Commission:

Date

January 1, 2002

Text of the Report (427.4 KB)

Project Scofflaw Case Summary [PDF 23KB] (23 KB)

Dec19

Event

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...

Press Release

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

Event

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)

Press Release

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...

Cases and Proceedings

Frank, Lisa, Inc.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

October 2, 2001

FTC Matter/File Number

012-3050

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