Settlement Bars Pretexting and Selling Consumers’ Confidential Phone Records An outfit that obtained consumers’ confidential phone records and sold them to third parties without the consumers’ consent...

Commission approval of application for proposed divestiture: Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved an application for proposed divestiture from Linde AG and The BOC Group plc...

Obtaining Consumers’ Records Through False Pretenses and Selling Them to Third Parties Has Caused Consumer Harm, Agency Says The Federal Trade Commission today told the House Committee on Energy and...

Commission approval of Federal Register notice: The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice regarding the regulatory review of the Guides Concerning the Use of...

The Federal Trade Commission is offering a new guide for businesses with practical suggestions on safeguarding sensitive data. The 24-page brochure can help businesses of all sizes protect their...

Agency Has Focused Enforcement on Sectors of Economy with Greatest Impact on Consumers Providing Federal Trade Commission testimony today before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on...

Supplemental petition for approval of proposed divestiture: The Commission has received a supplemental petition from Service Corporation International (SCI) and Alderwoods Group, Inc. seeking approval...

Sessions on March 7 & 8 to Focus on Monopoly Power The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division today announced that the latest in a series of joint...

Final Opportunity For Victims To File Claims Against International Pyramid Scheme Defendants The Federal Trade Commission is announcing the final date for victims of the SkyBiz.com pyramid scheme to...

An affiliate Webmaster who used the allure of “free” music downloads to spread malicious computer code is settling Federal Trade Commission charges he violated federal law. The defendant, who was paid...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today presented FTC testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and...

Commission approval of application for proposed divestiture: Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved a petition from General Dynamics Corporation related to its recent...

FTC Issues Report to Congress on the First Five Years of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act In a report to Congress, the Federal Trade Commission says the Children’s Online Privacy...

Commission approval of application for proposed divestiture: Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved an application for divestiture from Dan L. Duncan (Duncan); EPCO, Inc. (EPCO...

Agency Seeks Development of Tools to Thwart Identity Theft On April 23 and 24, 2007, the Federal Trade Commission will host a public workshop, “Proof Positive: New Directions in ID Authentication,” to...

FTC Alleges Ads For “Free” Credit Report Violate Federal Court Order Consumerinfo.com, doing business as Experian Consumer Direct, will pay $300,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that ads...

Two persons have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges for their roles in a fraudulent business opportunity scheme targeted in early 2005 as part of “Project Biz Opp Flop,” a crackdown on...

Will Give Up $1.5 Million in Ill-Gotten Gains for Unfair and Deceptive Adware Downloads DirectRevenue LLC, a large adware distributor, and four of its principals have agreed to settle Federal Trade...

Petition for approval of proposed divestiture: The Commission has received a petition from Service Corporation International (SCI) and Alderwoods Group, Inc. seeking approval of a proposed divestiture...

Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) assessment results: In early February, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published the results of the FTC’s recent Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)...