Tag: Technology

The Federal Trade Commission has announced the agenda for its upcoming FinTech forum examining peer-to-peer payments and crowdfunding. The forum, which is the second in an ongoing event series, will...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged the operators of a multi-national tech support company with using deceptive pop-up internet ads to scare thousands of consumers into paying hundreds of dollars...

Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez has issued the enclosed statement following the release today of the Federal Communications Commission’s Fact Sheet on Broadband Consumer Privacy...

Note: A conference call for media will occur as follows: Date: October 6, 2016 Time: 2:30 p.m. ET Call-in: (800) 230-1074, confirmation number 403959 Call-in lines, which are for media only, will open...

The FTC and the State of Georgia have charged Laptop & Desktop Repair, LLC, an electronics buyback company that specializes in buying consumers’ used smartphones, tablets and other devices, and its...

The Federal Trade Commission announced the agenda for its Oct. 13 event examining how the growing use of unmanned aerial drones may impact consumer privacy. With businesses using drones for everything...

A new paper by the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection provides a look at the information covered at the FTC’s October 2015 workshop on online lead generation, “Follow The Lead.”...

The Federal Trade Commission’s workshop “ Putting Disclosures to the Test” is taking place tomorrow, Sept. 15, 2016, in Washington. The workshop will feature research on the effectiveness of...