Tag: Consumer Protection

Prepared Statement of Commissioner Mozelle W. Thompson On Reauthorization Before the Subcommittee on Competition, Foreign Commerce, and Infrastructure, Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation

Date

June 11, 2003

Mozelle W. Thompson, Former Commissioner

Prepared Statement of Commissioner Mozelle W. Thompson On Reauthorization (21.11 KB)

Prepared Statement of Chairman Timothy J. Muris On Reauthorization Before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, Committee on Energy and Commerce

Date

June 11, 2003

Timothy J. Muris, Former Chairman

Prepared Statement of Chairman Timothy J. Muris On Reauthorization (167.17 KB)

Prepared Statement of Commissioner Mozelle W. Thompson On Reauthorization Before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, Committee on Energy and Commerce

Date

June 11, 2003

Mozelle W. Thompson, Former Commissioner

Prepared Statement of Commissioner Mozelle W. Thompson On Reauthorization (28.79 KB)

Prepared Statement of Chairman Timothy J. Muris On Reauthorization Before the Subcommittee on Competition, Foreign Commerce, and Infrastructure, Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation

Date

June 11, 2003

Timothy J. Muris, Former Chairman

Prepared Statement of Chairman Timothy J. Muris On Reauthorization (167.9 KB)

FTC Commissioners Testify on Agency's Reauthorization Request

Date

June 11, 2003

Providing Federal Trade Commission reauthorization testimony today separately before the Subcommittee on Competition, Foreign Commerce, and Infrastructure of the Senate Commerce Committee and the...

Bell, Tamara; American Veterans' Council, Inc.; Children's AIDS Council, Inc.; Children's Relief Services, Inc.; et al.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

May 20, 2003

FTC and States Unite to Fight Fundraising Fraud

Date

May 20, 2003

The Federal Trade Commission today announced "Operation Phoney Philanthropy" - a law enforcement and public education campaign by the FTC and state charities regulators to stop fraudulent fundraising...

May14

Event

Technologies for Protecting Personal Information (Workshop 1: The Consumer Experience)

May 14, 2003 | 12:00AM

The workshops focused on the role technology plays for both consumers and businesses. Consumers may have more technologies available to help them protect their personal information, but it is unclear...

Educational Research Center of America, Inc.; Student Marketing Group, Inc.; Marian Sanjana; and Jan Stumacher

Type of Action

Administrative

Last Updated

May 9, 2003

FTC Matter/File Number

022 3249

Docket Number

C-4079

Morehead McKim Gallaher Funeral Directors, Inc., et al.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

May 1, 2003

Apr30

Event

FTC Spam Forum

April 30, 2003 | 12:00AM - May 2, 2003 | 12:00AM

The FTC hosted a public forum to explore the issues regarding the proliferation of and potential solutions to unsolicited commercial email ("UCE" or "spam"). The forum also looked at how the unique...

Advisory Opinions

Opinion 03-2

Date

April 16, 2003

Discusses whether the Franchise Rule applies to a license agreement for the manufacture and distribution of a soil supplement.

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On ID Theft

Date

April 3, 2003

Betsy Broder, Counsel for International Consumer Protection

Testimony (30.23 KB)

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On ID Theft

Date

April 3, 2003

J. Howard Beales, Former Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection

Testimony (36.03 KB)

Report

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Annual Report to Congress: Federal Trade Commission Enforcement Actions and Consumer and Industry Education Initiatives in 2002

Date

April 1, 2003

FTC Annual Report 2003: Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (69.41 KB)

Report

False Claims in Spam:

Date

April 1, 2003

A Report By the Division of Marketing Practices, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission (April 2003) (237.08 KB)

Fraudulent Fundraising Operation Banned from Future Fundraising and Telemarketing Activities

Date

March 19, 2003

Mitchell Gold, Patricia Gold, Herbert Gold, and Celia Gold, individuals who operated a for-profit fundraising business, are barred from further fundraising and telemarketing activities as part of a...

Hershey Foods Corporation., U.S. (for the FTC)

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

February 27, 2003

FTC Receives Largest COPPA Civil Penalties to Date in Settlements with Mrs. Fields Cookies and Hershey Foods

Date

February 27, 2003

Mrs. Fields Cookies and Hershey Foods Corporation have each agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their Web sites violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule by...