Tag: Technology

FTC Announces the Tenth Session of its Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century

Date

December 21, 2018

ALERT: This Hearing scheduled for January 16 was cancelled due to the Government shutdown, and rescheduled to March 20, 2019. The Federal Trade Commission today announced the tenth session of its...

Mar20

Event

FTC Hearing #10: Competition and Consumer Protection Issues in U.S. Broadband Markets

March 20, 2019 | 9:00AM - 5:45PM

This hearing was originally scheduled for January 16 but was rescheduled to March 20, 2019 due to the government shutdown. The Federal Trade Commission held the tenth session of its Hearings...

Public Statement

Technology and its Discontents: Taking Stock of Antitrust and Technological Change in the Early 21st Century

Date

December 13, 2018

Remarks before the Capitol Forum’s Fifth Annual Technology, Media, & Telecom Competition Conference (59.76 KB)

Public Statement

Not Neutrality

Date

December 5, 2018

Not Neutrality (206.25 KB)

FTC Seeks Comment on Identity Theft Detection Rules

Date

December 4, 2018

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking comment on whether the agency should make changes to rules requiring that financial institutions and creditors take certain steps to detect signs of identity...

SmartStart Employment Screening, Inc., In the Matter of

Type of Action

Administrative

Last Updated

November 19, 2018

FTC Matter/File Number

182 3154

Public Statement

Competition and Consumer Protection Implications of Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, and Predictive Analytics

Date

November 14, 2018

Competition and Consumer Protection Implications of Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, and Predictive Analytics (31.24 KB)

FTC Commissioners Find that 1-800 Contacts Unlawfully Harmed Competition in Online Search Advertising Auctions, Restricting the Availability of Truthful Advertising to Consumers

Date

November 14, 2018

The Federal Trade Commission has held that 1-800 Contacts, the nation’s largest online retailer of contact lenses, unlawfully entered into a web of anticompetitive agreements with rival online contact...

Concurring Opinion of Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter in the Matter of 1-800 Contacts, Inc.

Date

November 14, 2018

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Commissioner

Concurring Opinion of Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter (20.17 KB)

Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Noah Joshua Phillips [Redacted Public Version] in the Matter of 1-800 Contacts, Inc.

Date

November 14, 2018

Noah Joshua Phillips, Former Commissioner

Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Noah Joshua Phillips [Redacted Public Version] (344.07 KB)

Nov13

Event

FTC Hearing #7: The Competition and Consumer Protection Issues of Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, and Predictive Analytics

November 13, 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM

November 14, 2018 | 9:00AM - 4:30PM

The Federal Trade Commission held the seventh session of its Hearings Initiative , with a two-day hearing at the Howard University School of Law in Washington, D.C., on November 13-14, 2018. Howard...

Statement of Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter In the Matter of Uber Technologies, Inc.

Date

October 26, 2018

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Commissioner

Matter Number

152 3054

Statement of Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter In the Matter of Uber Technologies, Inc. (13.17 KB)

Statement of Commissioner Rohit Chopra In the Matter of Uber Technologies, Inc.

Date

October 26, 2018

Rohit Chopra, Former Commissioner

Matter Number

152 3054

Statement of Commissioner Rohit Chopra In the Matter of Uber Technologies, Inc. (28.9 KB)

Federal Trade Commission Gives Final Approval to Settlement with Uber

Date

October 26, 2018

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a settlement with Uber Technologies, Inc. over allegations that the ride-sharing company deceived consumers about its privacy and data security...

Oct23

Event

FTC Hearing #4: Innovation and Intellectual Property Policy

October 23, 2018 | 9:00AM - 4:00PM

October 24, 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM

The Federal Trade Commission held the fourth session of the Hearings initiative with two full-day sessions held at the FTC’s Constitution Center facilities in Washington, D.C. on October 23-24, 2018...

Report

Protecting Older Consumers: 2017-2018: A Report to Congress of the Federal Trade Commission

Date

October 18, 2018

Text of the Commission Report (2.75 MB)

FTC Details Efforts to Protect Older Consumers in Report to Congress

Date

October 18, 2018

A new report released today by the Federal Trade Commission details the agency’s comprehensive efforts to protect older consumers from fraud, identity theft, and other problems in the marketplace. The...