Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission and the Coupon Information Center (CIC) today announced the results of a Coupon Internet "Surf Day." Fifty-one Internet advertisements were identified as potentially...

Tiger Direct, Inc., a large mail order seller of computer products, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it made false and misleading statements in its ads and promotional...

In a deal that would provide more than $39 million in redress for U.S. consumers, American TelNet (ATN), one of the largest providers of "audiotext" services -- audio entertainment services offered...

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Secretary of Commerce William M. Daley, in introductory remarks today at the Federal Trade Commission's Workshop on Consumer Protection in the Global Marketplace, urged the...

Good morning. Welcome to the Federal Trade Commission's public workshop on consumer protection in the global electronic market place. When we address issues concerning the global electronic market...

Last month at the Commerce Department we had a similar packed house for a conference. We were discussing ways to include e-commerce in government statistics. The fact is, people in the private sector...