Statement of Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen on "The Need for Privacy Protections: Perspectives from the Administration and the Federal Trade Commission"
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By
Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Former Commissioner and Former Acting Chair
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FTC Testifies on Efforts to Protect Consumer Privacy
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The Federal Trade Commission testified before Congress about the agency’s efforts to protect consumer privacy, including the FTC’s support for implementation of a “Do Not Track” mechanism that would...
Myspace Settles FTC Charges That It Misled Millions of Users About Sharing Personal Information with Advertisers
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Social networking service Myspace has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it misrepresented its protection of users' personal information. The settlement, part of the FTC's ongoing...
FTC Joins Department of Justice and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Filing Brief Supporting the Constitutionality of the Fair Credit Reporting Act
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The Federal Trade Commission has joined the Department of Justice and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in filing a memorandum brief in support of the constitutionality of the Fair Credit...
FTC Seeks Return of $52 Million Worth of Bogus Phone Bill Cramming Charges; Agency Charges Nation's Largest Third-Party Billing Company with Contempt
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The Federal Trade Commission is seeking a civil contempt ruling against the nation's largest third-party billing company, alleging that it placed more than $70 million in bogus "cramming" charges on...
Hold Billing Services, Ltd.; Avery Communications, Inc.; Veterans of America Association, Ltd.; et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
X98 0069
982 3089
16 C.F.R. Part 433: Federal Trade Commission Trade Regulation Rule Concerning the Preservation of Consumers' Claims and Defenses (The Holder Rule)
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Commission Advisory Opinion Confirming That the Rule (1) Places No Limits On A Consumer's Right To An Affirmative Recovery (Other Than Limiting Recovery to A Refund of Monies Paid Under the Contract...
New York City Funeral Home Settles FTC Charges it Failed to Disclose Casket Prices
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The operator of a New York City funeral home has agreed to settle a Federal Trade Commission enforcement action charging it with a violation of the Funeral Rule, an FTC consumer protection rule...
Shamara T. King v. General Information Services, Inc.
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Citation Number
2:10-cv-06850
Federal Court
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Memorandum brief of the United States, in which both the FTC and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau joined, supporting the constitutionality of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) provision...
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Donmaz Ltd., d/b/a Blair-Mazzarella Funeral Home, et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
1123016
FTC Announces Preliminary Agenda for Workshop about Advertising Disclosures in Online and Mobile Media
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a one-day public workshop on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 to consider the need for new guidance for online advertisers about making disclosures. New guidance is...
FTC Wins Court Judgment Against Massive Get-Rich-Quick Infomercial Scam
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The Federal Trade Commission won a court judgment against the marketers of three get-rich-quick systems who deceived nearly a million consumers. As part of its ongoing efforts to stop scams that prey...
Apr26
Paper, Plastic... or Mobile? An FTC Workshop on Mobile Payments
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The Federal Trade Commission hosted a workshop to examine the use of mobile payments in the marketplace and how this emerging technology impacts consumers. This event brought together consumer...
FTC Settlement Bans Bogus Timeshare Resellers from Timeshare Business, Telemarketing
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A telemarketing operation that allegedly deceived consumers who were trying to sell their timeshare properties is permanently banned from the timeshare resale and rental business, and from all...
FTC Settlement Bans Swindlers from Prize Promotion Business
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The Federal Trade Commission put a stop to an operation that allegedly conned hundreds of thousands of consumers into paying $20 apiece by posing as government agencies and luring them with fake...
National Awards Service Advisory, LLC, also d/b/a Prize Information Bureau, et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
102 3078
X110010
Apr20
New Hampshire Common Ground Conference
The Federal Trade Commission, the offices of the Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut Attorneys General, legal services attorneys and other consumer advocates...
FTC Conducts Undercover Inspections of Funeral Homes in Nine States to Press Funeral Homes to Comply with Consumer Protection Law
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Investigators working undercover in nine states detected significant violations of Federal Trade Commission consumer protection requirements in 23 of 102 funeral homes they visited during 2011. The...
FTC Action Halts Alleged Scam That Dangled the False Promise of 'Free Gas for Life' Then Charged Consumers for Unwanted E-Magazine Subscriptions
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The Federal Trade Commission put a stop to an online operation that allegedly lured consumers with a supposedly "free" book falsely promising that it would show them how to power their cars and homes...
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