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OpenX Technologies, Inc.
Under an order with the FTC, OpenX Technologies, Inc. will be required to pay $2 million over allegations that the company collected personal information from children under 13 without parental consent. The FTC also alleged that the company collected geolocation information from users who specifically asked not to be tracked.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
1923019
Case Status
Pending
Advertising Platform OpenX Will Pay $2 Million for Collecting Personal Information from Children in Violation of Children’s Privacy Law
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California-based online advertising platform OpenX Technologies, Inc. will be required to pay $2 million to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that the company collected personal information...
Phantom Debt Collectors Permanently Banned from Industry in FTC Settlement
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A group of phantom debt collectors will be permanently banned from the debt collection industry and required to surrender the contents of numerous bank and investment accounts under the terms of a...
FTC Announces Tentative Agenda for December 16 Open Commission Meeting
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Today, Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina M. Khan announced that an open meeting of the Commission will be held virtually on Thursday, December 16, 2021. The open meeting will begin at 1pm ET and...
Dec16
Open Commission Meeting – December 16, 2021
Agenda item: Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Combat Government and Business Impersonation Fraud.
Federal Register Notice
16 CFR Part 314: Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information (Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking)
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Federal Register Notice
16 CFR Part 314: Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information (Final Rule)
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Federal Register Notice
16 CFR Part 313: Privacy of Consumer Financial Information Rule under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
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FTC Returns Additional $25 Million to Consumers Who Lost Money to Business Coaching Scam
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The Federal Trade Commission is returning an additional $25 million to consumers who lost money to a business coaching scheme that used the names Coaching Department and Apply Knowledge, among others...
Federal Register Notice
Automotive Fuel Ratings, Certification and Posting: Conforming Amendment
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FTC Data Show Major Increase in Gift Cards As Scam Payment Method
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A new Federal Trade Commission data spotlight shows that in the first nine months of 2021, consumers reported losing $148 million in scams where gift cards were used as the form of payment. That...
Apply Knowledge, LLC
The Federal Trade Commission is returning an additional $25 million to consumers who lost money to a business coaching scheme that used the names Coaching Department and Apply Knowledge, among others. These refunds are the result of the FTC’s settlements with the scheme’s ringleaders, the companies through which the scheme operated, and a payment processor who helped facilitate the scheme.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
132 3121
X140018
FTC Files Amicus Brief in Patel, v. 7-Eleven, Inc.
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The Federal Trade Commission filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts advising the court that the FTC’s Franchise Rule does not address and cannot be...
FTC Issues Refunds Totaling More Than $1.8 Million to Consumers Defrauded by Lifewatch, Inc.’s Deceptive Medical Alert Telemarketing Scheme
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The Federal Trade Commission is sending 71,899 checks totaling more than $1.8 million to consumers, including many older Americans, tricked into paying for supposedly free in-home medical alert...
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