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Wireless Customers Who Were Subject to Data Throttling by AT&T Can Apply for a Payment from the FTC
FTC Action Against Vonage Results in $100 Million to Customers Trapped by Illegal Dark Patterns and Junk Fees When Trying to Cancel Service
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request (Telemarketing Sales Rule)
FTC Takes Action Against Frontier for Lying about Internet Speeds and Ripping Off Customers Who Paid High-Speed Prices for Slow Service
Frontier Communications Corporation
The FTC along with law enforcement agencies from six states, sued Frontier Communications alleging that the company did not provide many consumers with Internet service at the speeds it promised them, and charged many of them for more expensive and higher-speed service than Frontier actually provided.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request (Pay-Per-Call Rule)
FTC Staff Report Finds Many Internet Service Providers Collect Troves of Personal Data, Users Have Few Options to Restrict Use
FTC Stops Deceptive Prison Calling Scheme, Requires Operator to Notify Consumers About Unlawful Conduct as Part of Settlement
Disruption Theory LLC (Inmate Call)
A federal court issued a temporary restraining order against Marc and Courtney Grisham and two companies they operate, Disruption Theory LLC and Emergent Technologies LLC, which do business as inmatecall.com and inmatecallsolutions.com, related to FTC allegations they offered fake calling plans for unlimited minutes and falsely claiming to be affiliated with companies authorized to provide calling services to people who are incarcerated.
FTC Sends Nearly $5 Million in Refunds to People who Lost Money to Cramming Scheme
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension (Pay-Per-Call Rule)
Broadcom Incorporated; Analysis of Agreement Containing Consent Order To Aid Public Comment
FTC Sues Frontier Communications for Misrepresenting Internet Speeds
Associated Community Services, Inc.
The Federal Trade Commission, along with 46 agencies from 38 states and the District of Columbia, has stopped a massive telefunding operation that bombarded 67 million consumers with 1.3 billion deceptive charitable fundraising calls (mostly illegal robocalls). The defendants collected more than $110 million using their deceptive solicitations. Associated Community Services (ACS) and a number of related defendants have agreed to settle charges by the FTC and state agencies that they duped generous Americans into donating to charities that failed to provide the services they promised.
FTC Halts Scheme that Falsely Claimed to Offer Unlimited Inmate Calling Plans
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