Nov16
Open Commission Meeting -November 16, 2023
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Business Before the Commission: Voice Cloning Challenge Announcement and Presentation on Public Comments on Business Practices of Cloud Computing Providers.
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New resources to help protect consumers and small businesses from fraud
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Consumers speak many languages and unfortunately scammers are conversant in all of them. That’s why the FTC has reinforced its fraud fighting capabilities by collecting scam reports in multiple...
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Brigit’s misleading financial practices were a bridge too far for consumers, FTC says
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Personal finance app Bridge It – consumers may know the company as Brigit – promised that people could get cash advances of up to $250 “within seconds” and with no “hidden fees.” But the FTC alleges...
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From the FTC: Another 10 spine-tingling Halloween tales of deception
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We’re ba-aack. Last year we offered our Top 10 “Nightmare on Main Street” consumer protection horror movies. Just in time for Halloween, the FTC Multiplex has reopened with ten more scary screens of...
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Federal Trade Commission Cigarette Report for 2022 and Smokeless Tobacco Report for 2022
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FTC announces new Safeguards Rule provision: Is your company up on what’s required?
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October 2023 marks the 20th anniversary of the effective date of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Safeguards Rule. Its purpose then – and its purpose now – is to protect consumers by requiring entities covered...
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FTC says what was “invisible” about Invisible Mask was proof for its anti-virus claims
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According to a proposed settlement and a complaint filed by the FTC , two corporations, their President, and their CEO pitched a product called 1Virus Buster Invisible Mask, claiming that wearing the...
Business Blog
Zero cheers for Sollers College’s alleged deceptive practices
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Gimme an F! Gimme an A! Gimme an L! Gimme an S! Gimme an E! What’s that spell? “False,” of course, which – along with deceptive and unsubstantiated – is how the FTC describes claims made by Sollers...
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Influence peddling? Bogus “brand ambassador managers” scam prospective influencers
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We’ve warned professionals about online job scams involving phony “recruiters” who falsely claim to represent big-name businesses. Employment impersonators are still at it, but this time they’re...
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Set phasers to false: FTC challenges crypto company Voyager’s bogus “FDIC insured” claim
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In the TV show "Star Trek: Voyager," Captain Janeway and crew headed to Delta Quadrant to take on wrongdoers that injured people by wielding a pernicious energy wave. In a twist on the story, the FTC...
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Eviction fiction? $15 million FTC-CFPB settlement with Trans Union and tenant screening subsidiary underscores importance of FCRA’s “maximum possible accuracy” requirement
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Section 607(b) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act requires consumer reporting agencies to follow reasonable procedures to assure maximum possible accuracy of consumer report information concerning the...
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FTC proposes junk fee rule to put a stop to bogus and hidden charges
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Many consumers describe them as annoying, injurious, invisible, and all too common. They could be talking about pernicious pests and in some ways, junk fees – hidden or falsely advertised charges that...
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Data Spotlight reveals what’s behind some of those social media ads
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Sometimes being the “Home of . . .” is an honorific to be proud of. Kudos, Cleveland, for rock ‘n’ roll, and thank you, Buffalo, for your contribution to chicken wings. But the Birthplace of Frauds...
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Could PrivacyCon 2024 be the place to present your research on AI, privacy, or surveillance?
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Consumers, businesses, and policy makers have questions about AI, deepfakes, health privacy, and related issues, and the FTC wants to help facilitate an informed public discussion based on the facts...
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FTC settlement suggests Lurn didn’t learn from Penalty Offense Notice about money-making claims
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The people behind online business coaching outfit Lurn promised that consumers could become “Stay-At-Home Millionaires.” But according to the FTC, Lurn, Inc., CEO Anik Singal, Tyrone Cohen, and David...
Oct04
Creative Economy and Generative AI
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The Federal Trade Commission staff hosted a virtual roundtable discussion on October 4, 2023 from 3 p.m. to 4:40 p.m. ET to better understand the impact of generative artificial intelligence on...
Mar06
PrivacyCon 2024
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The FTC will host its eighth annual PrivacyCon on March 6, 2024. PrivacyCon 2024 will bring together a diverse group of stakeholders, including researchers, academics, industry representatives...
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Companies warned about consequences of loose use of consumers’ confidential data
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Who’s privy to some of a person’s most sensitive information? A healthcare provider? A member of the clergy? Their Mom? There’s someone else to add to that list: the company that prepares their taxes...
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Updated FTC-HHS publication outlines privacy and security laws and rules that impact consumer health data
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Ever wondered about the intersection of some of the health privacy and security-related laws and rules enforced by the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Health and Human Services? You’re...
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Sharpening the focus on blurred advertising aimed at kids: Staff Perspective suggests a comprehensive approach
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Businesses, platforms, social media influencers, and others who advertise or promote products to children online all have a role to play in ensuring that the boundary between advertising and...
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