Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission has joined forces with agencies around the world to combat spam on a global level with an Action Plan on Spam Enforcement. On October 11, 2004, 19 agencies from 15...

FTC staff comments on Arkansas state contact lens laws: In response to an inquiry from Arkansas Representative Doug Matayo, Federal Trade Commission staff in the agency’s Office of Policy Planning...

Press conference to announce a law enforcement action targeting “spyware” – software that takes control of consumers’ computers or monitors their Internet use without their consent. Who: Lydia Parnes...

The Federal Trade Commission cooperates with federal, state, and local law enforcement partners in the fight against telemarketing fraud. As part of Protecting Older Americans from Fraud Month, the...

A relief defendant in a case against a defunct New Jersey collection agency charged with dunning consumers for debts they did not owe has agreed to turn over money she obtained as a result of the...