Commission Actions

Consumers, including corporate and banking executives, appear to be targets of a bogus e-mail supposedly sent by the Federal Trade Commission but actually sent by third parties hoping to install...

Prom, graduation, senior trips... there can be a lot of tricky situations this time of year with teens and access to alcohol. DontServeTeens.gov, available in both English and Spanish, provides...

Dad may always be ready to share his wisdom and advice with you, but this Father’s Day the Federal Trade Commission has information you can share with him. A Father’s Day e-card, available from the...

The Federal Trade Commission today released staff comments to the Department of Defense on its proposed regulation implementing limitations on terms of credit extended to service members and...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Health and Human Services will host a forum, “Weighing In: A Check-Up on Marketing, Self-Regulation, and Childhood Obesity,” to review progress in...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a complaint charging American Petroleum Company, Inc. with illegally conspiring with its competitors to restrict the importation and sale of motor oil...

The FTC and its foreign partners are calling for stepped-up cooperation among privacy regulators and law enforcement authorities to promote greater protection for personal information. The...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today presented testimony before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee on the FTC’s efforts to combat unfair, deceptive, and other illegal...

Tens of thousands of consumers are unwitting accomplices of illegal spammers and at the mercy of identity thieves, warns the Federal Trade Commission. These consumers’ computers have been secretly...

The Federal Trade Commission today released a Bureau of Economics report presenting the results of a study that found that mortgage disclosure forms fail to convey key mortgage costs and terms to many...

On June 6, 2007, the FTC filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against BurnLounge, Inc. The complaint charges that BurnLounge sold opportunities to...