FTC Testifies on Data Security
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The Federal Trade Commission told Congress today that companies should protect consumers’ data so that it doesn’t fall into the hands of identity thieves. In testimony before the House Committee on...
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FTC Settles Charges Against Two Companies That Allegedly Failed to Protect Sensitive Employee Data
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Two companies that maintain large amounts of sensitive information about the employees of their business customers, including Social Security numbers, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission...
May02
Lottery, Prize, and Sweepstakes Scams and the Role of Money Transfer Services
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The Federal Trade Commission, in conjunction with the United States Postal Inspection Service, will host a two-day public workshop in Chicago, Illinois to examine what more can be done to protect...
FTC Offers Tips to Help People Avoid Being Scammed By Door-to-Door Sales Agents Pitching Home Security Systems
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The Federal Trade Commission is offering information to help homeowners avoid unscrupulous sales agents who go door-to-door during the summer months. These scammers use deceptive, high-pressure...
Apr28
Debt Collection 2.0 – Protecting Consumers as Technologies Change
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a day-long public workshop to consider the impact of technological advances on the consumer debt collection system. The workshop will explore how changing...
Interagency Working Group Seeks Input on Proposed Voluntary Principles for Marketing Food to Children
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In an effort to combat childhood obesity – the most serious health crisis facing today’s youth – a working group of four federal agencies today released for public comment a set of proposed voluntary...
FTC Returns $1.5 Million to Consumers from Mortgage Lender Charged With Illegally Discriminating Against Hispanic Borrowers
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On April 22, 2011, an administrator working for the Federal Trade Commission mailed 3,162 refund checks to borrowers allegedly harmed by Golden Empire Mortgage, Inc. and Howard D. Kootstra. The refund...
Maker of Rascal Scooters to Pay $100,000 for Violating FTCs Do Not Call Rules
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The manufacturer of Rascal Scooters, used by disabled and senior consumers with limited mobility, will pay $100,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it illegally called millions of...
FTC Seeks to Halt 10 Operators of Fake News Sites from Making Deceptive Claims About Acai Berry Weight Loss Products
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The Federal Trade Commission is requesting federal courts to temporarily halt the allegedly deceptive tactics of 10 operations using fake news websites to market acai berry weight-loss products. The...
FTC Testifies on Protecting Social Security Numbers;Millions of Consumers are Victims of Identity Theft Each Year
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The Federal Trade Commission today told a House subcommittee that millions of consumers are victims of identity theft each year at a cost of billion of dollars and countless hours of consumers’ time...
FTC Settlement Imposes $100,000 Fine Against Online Retailer for Failing to Post Required EnergyGuide Information for Appliances
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An online appliance retailer has agreed to pay a $100,000 penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it failed to post required EnergyGuide information on its websites to inform consumers...
Apr12
The Road Ahead: Selling, Financing & Leasing Motor Vehicles
The Federal Trade Commission is holding a series of roundtable events and requesting public comment to gather information on possible consumer protection issues that may arise in the sale, financing...
FTC Settlement Collects $2.2 Million, Bans Marketers From Mortgage Relief Business
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Under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, two companies and three individuals are banned from the mortgage relief services business and must relinquish $2.2 million in assets for consumer...
FTC Settlement Requires Oreck Corporation to Stop Making False and Unproven Claims That Its Ultraviolet Vacuum and Air Cleaner Can Prevent Illness
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As part of its ongoing efforts to protect consumers from bogus health claims, the Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement requiring Oreck Corporation to stop making allegedly false and...
Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice Sign Antitrust Cooperation Agreement With Chile
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz today signed an antitrust cooperation agreement with the Chilean antitrust agency on behalf of the FTC. The agreement also was signed by Christine...
FTC Charges Deceptive Privacy Practices in Googles Rollout of Its Buzz Social Network
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Google Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it used deceptive tactics and violated its own privacy promises to consumers when it launched its social network, Google Buzz, in...
FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges that Marketer of Children's Vitamins Made Deceptive Claims about DHA and Brain and Eye Development
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission finalized an Order settling charges that a major vitamin marketer and its subsidiaries made false and unsupported claims that their...
FTC Charges Cancer Cures Marketers with Violating Commission Order
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At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, the U.S. Department of Justice has asked a federal district court to impose civil penalties upon the herbal products company Daniel Chapter One (DCO) and its...
FTC Finalizes Settlement with Data Broker Agency Charged Privacy Pledges Were Deceptive
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has accepted a final settlement with an online data broker that charged consumers $10 based on the false promise that it could “lock...
FTC Warns Consumers About Scam Artists Pitch for Potassium Iodide Treatment
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Recent reports of events in Japan are causing scam artists to try to convince consumers that they need potassium iodide pills and drops to protect themselves. Potassium iodide, or KI, can help prevent...
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