TrendMark Inc., also d/b/a TrendMark International, et al., In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
972 3255
Docket Number
C-3829
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Internet Site Agrees to Settle FTC Charges of Deceptively Collecting Personal Information in Agency's First Internet Privacy Case
Date
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...
FTC Enforcement Actions Continue to Target "Crammers"
Date
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...
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission on "Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail"
Date
By
Sheila F. Anthony, Former Commissioner
Mr. Chairman, I am Sheila Foster Anthony, Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission. The Federal Trade Commission is pleased to provide testimony today on the subject of unsolicited commercial e...
Report
Commercial Weight Loss Products and Programs What Consumers Stand To Gain and Lose
Date
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...
Frank Bommarito Oldsmobile, Inc. and Frank J. Bommarito, In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
952 3202
Docket Number
C-3774
Announced Actions for January 9, 1998
Date
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...
Public Statement
The Consumer Protection Pyramid: Education, Self-Regulation, and Law Enforcement
Date
Good morning. Thank you for inviting me to participate in the 1997 Korea Consumer Festival. I am honored and delighted to be here to tell you about the United States Federal Trade Commission's efforts...
Oct16
Commerical Weight-Loss Products and Programs
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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...
Valvoline Settles Charges
Date
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...
FTC Launches Next Round in Battle To End Deceptive Automobile Lease Advertising
Date
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
Public Workshop on Franchise Rulemaking
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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...
FTC Puts Exercise Device Weight-Loss Claims on a Diet
Date
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...
Splitfire, Inc., In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
952 3029
Docket Number
C-3737
Press Availability on New Federal Credit Repair Law; Agency to Announce Results of “Credit Repair Web Surfing”
Date
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...
FTC Staff Works with Credit Counseling Agencies
Date
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...
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
Docket Number
9270
FTC Conducts Review of 900-Number Rule
Date
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...
California Suncare, Inc. and Donald J. Christal., In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
942 3218
Docket Number
C-3715
Announced Actions for January 28, 1997
Date
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...
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