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Starting October 31, many members of the military will have access to free electronic credit monitoring, which can help them spot identity theft. In response to a new FTC Rule implementing a 2018 law...
The Federal Trade Commission has released the results of a comprehensive survey conducted in 2017 that examined the prevalence of mass-market consumer fraud, how it is perpetrated, and what factors...
Continuing its work to protect older Americans from fraud, the Federal Trade Commission sued a publisher called Agora Financial, LLC, alleging that it tricks seniors into buying books, newsletters...
As Halloween approaches and consumers consider temporarily changing their eye color or the look of their eyes to match their costumes, Federal Trade Commission staff has sent letters to seven domestic...
WHAT: The Federal Trade Commission will host a workshop to consider improving class action settlement notices for consumers. WHEN: Tuesday, Oct. 29, 9 a.m.-1 p.m EDT WHERE: Constitution Center 400...
Today the Federal Trade Commission has completed amendments to the agency’s Energy Labeling Rule after a public comment period. The amendments organize the Rule’s product descriptions to make it...
In a new blog post, the Federal Trade Commission is warning consumers about a new scam targeting Medicare recipients with offers of “free” or “low cost” back and knee braces. The post outlines the...
Federal Trade Commission staff submitted a comment on the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Preliminary Draft for Privacy Framework: A Tool for Improving Privacy through...
The Federal Trade Commission has announced an agenda for its Oct. 29 half-day public workshop in Washington, DC on improving class action settlement notices for consumers. Workshop panels include...
A new report from the Federal Trade Commission shows that adults aged 60 and older are less likely to report losing money to fraud than younger adults, but the amount of money they report losing is on...
On January 28, 2020, staff of the Federal Trade Commission examined voice cloning technologies that enable users to make near-perfect reproductions of a real person’s voice. Advances in artificial...