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Mar12

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Ad It Up! Kids in a Commercial World

March 12, 2009 | 12:00AM

The Federal Trade Commission staff will host a forum on March 12, 2009 to gather input for its advertising literacy initiative, which will educate and empower tweens to be better informed consumers of...

Press Release

FTC Testifies on Protecting Consumers in the Used Car Market

Date

March 5, 2009

The Federal Trade Commission today outlined the biggest challenges facing consumer protection agencies in the used car market in testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce...

Feb25

Event

Fraud Forum

February 25, 2009 | 12:00AM - February 26, 2009 | 12:00AM

The Federal Trade Commission will host a free two-day Fraud Forum on February 25 and 26, 2009, in Washington, DC. The Forum will examine how the FTC can more effectively protect consumers from...

Press Release

Eleventh Annual National Consumer Protection Week: FTC, Co-sponsors Provide Tools for Navigating Todays Economy

Date

February 13, 2009

This year’s National Consumer Protection Week – sponsored by the Federal Trade Commission and a variety of government agencies and national consumer groups – features as its theme “Nuts and Bolts...

Report

Financial Privacy Notice: A Report on Validation Testing Results (Kleimann Validation Report)

Date

February 12, 2009

A summary of the results of a small-scale study to validate the final set of changes to the prototype privacy notice.

financial_privacy_notice_a_report_on_validation_testing_results_kleimann_validation_report.pdf (1.95 MB)

Press Release

Companies Agree to Pay $2.25 Million as Part of FTC Crackdown on Fraud in the Prepaid Calling Card Industry

Date

February 10, 2009

Major prepaid calling card companies have agreed to pay $2.25 million as part of a settlement to resolve Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false claims to consumers about the number of...

Press Release

FTC Targets Weight-Loss Marketers Allegedly Bogus Free Sample Offers

Date

February 9, 2009

Two dietary supplement marketers that lured consumers on the Internet with allegedly deceptive weight-loss claims and bogus “free” sample offers, and then debited their bank accounts or charged their...

Press Release

Court Rules in Favor of FTC in National Urological Group Case; Orders Marketers of Thermalean, Lipodrene, and Spontane-ES to Pay More Than $15 Million

Date

January 15, 2009

A federal district court has ordered the marketers of three dietary supplements to pay more than $15 million for deceiving consumers about the products’ safety and effectiveness. The court imposed the...

Cases and Proceedings

Process Enforcement

Dinamica Financiera LLC

Type of Action

Process Enforcement

Last Updated

December 31, 2008

FTC Matter/File Number

082 3103

Case Status

Closed

Press Release

FTC Settles Charges with Telemarketers Who Duped Elderly Consumers

Date

December 19, 2008

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal district court has entered orders settling charges against three telemarketers who allegedly duped consumers, most of whom were elderly, into...

Press Release

FTC Issues Report on Social Security Numbers and Identity Theft

Date

December 17, 2008

The Federal Trade Commission issued a report today recommending five measures to help prevent Social Security numbers from being used for identity theft. Principal among the report’s recommendations...

Report

Quantitative Research - Levy-Hastak Report

Date

December 15, 2008

quantitative_research_-_levy-hastak_report.pdf (362.31 KB)

Press Release

Sony BMG Music Settles Charges Its Music Fan Websites Violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act

Date

December 11, 2008

Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Sony Music) has agreed to pay $1 million as part of a settlement to resolve Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act...

Cases and Proceedings

Sony BMG Music Entertainment, a general partnership subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, United States of America (For the Federal Trade Commission)

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

December 11, 2008

FTC Matter/File Number

082 3071

Press Release

Court Orders Halt to Sale of Spyware

Date

November 17, 2008

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. District Court has issued a temporary restraining order halting the sale of keylogger spyware. According to the FTC’s complaint, the Florida...

Press Release

Mortgage Company Settles Data Security Charges

Date

November 6, 2008

A Texas-based mortgage lender has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated federal law by failing to provide reasonable security to protect sensitive customer data. The lender made...

Press Release

Tips for Smart Holiday Shopping

Date

November 3, 2008

In these tough economic times, smart shopping during the holiday season is more important than ever. Whether consumers are shopping online, by phone, or in stores, the Federal Trade Commission, the...

Press Release

FTC Stops Fake 'Yellow Pages' Marketers Who Bilked Spanish-Speaking Businesses in Cross-Border Scam

Date

October 28, 2008

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. district court judge has frozen the assets of a Canadian operation and ordered a halt to its allegedly unlawful practices - billing businesses in...

Press Release

'Operation Clean Sweep': FTC and State Agencies Target 36 'Credit Repair' Operations

Date

October 23, 2008

The Federal Trade Commission and 24 state agencies today announced a crackdown on 33 operations that deceptively claim they can remove negative information from consumers' credit reports, even if that...

Sep25

Event

Consumer Protection and the Debt Settlement Industry

September 25, 2008 | 12:00AM

The Federal Trade Commission staff will hold a workshop on September 25, 2008 to explore the growth of the for-profit debt settlement industry and to analyze how its model is affecting consumers and...

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