Tag: Consumer Protection

"Operation Missed Giving" Targets Fraudulent Charitable Fundraising

Date

November 12, 1998

How to respond when the voice on the other end of the telephone claims to be raising money for police, fire fighters, children, veteran or other deserving causes is a quandary many consumers find...

Section 621: Administrative enforcement

Date

October 27, 1998

Section 603(h): Definition of "employment purposes"

Date

October 27, 1998

Section 604(a)(3)(D): Grant of license or benefit by governmental instrumentality

Date

October 20, 1998

Section 604(a)(3)(B): Employment purposes

Date

October 20, 1998

TrendMark Inc., also d/b/a TrendMark International, et al., In the Matter of

Type of Action

Administrative

Last Updated

October 6, 1998

FTC Matter/File Number

972 3255

Docket Number

C-3829

Rules

Use of Prenotification Negative Option Plans

Rule Updated Date

August 20, 1998

Under these plans, sellers ship merchandise such as books, compact discs or tapes automatically to their subscribers, and bill them for the merchandise, if they do not expressly reject the merchandise...

Text of Rule

Internet Site Agrees to Settle FTC Charges of Deceptively Collecting Personal Information in Agency's First Internet Privacy Case

Date

August 13, 1998

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...

Opinion 98-6

Date

August 12, 1998

Possible availability of the "fractional franchise" exemption to a franchisor of an "affiliation" franchise covered by the Rule and otherwise subject to its disclosure requirements.

Leon Saja, Donald Ritta, and Southwest Publishing

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

August 10, 1998

FTC Matter/File Number

962 3306

X970042

Section 618: Statute of limitations

Date

July 28, 1998

$5.5 Million in Refunds to Victims of Fortuna Alliance Pyramid

Date

July 22, 1998

A recent federal court contempt citation has cleared the way for the final mailing of refund checks to victims who invested in an Internet pyramid scheme called Fortuna Alliance. This mailing brings...

FTC Enforcement Actions Continue to Target "Crammers"

Date

July 16, 1998

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...

Section 611(c): Notice of dispute in subsequent reports

Date

July 15, 1998

Section 604(b): Consumer reports for employment purposes

Date

July 10, 1998

Section 603(o): Definition of "consumer report" (exception for employment agencies)

Date

July 8, 1998

Opinion 98-5

Date

June 24, 1998

Possible applicability of Rule to licensing arrangement in which the seller becomes a minority shareholder entitled to a percentage of the profits of a corporation formed by the purchaser.

Altmeyer Home Stores, Inc., In the Matter of

Type of Action

Administrative

Last Updated

June 24, 1998

FTC Matter/File Number

962 3063

Docket Number

C-3816

Image Sales and Michael Dague

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

June 15, 1998

FTC Matter/File Number

972 3121

X970059