Tag: Consumer Protection

The Federal Trade Commission will host a workshop on December 12, 2017 , to examine questions about the injury consumers suffer when information about them is misused. As the nation’s primary federal...

The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 5,379 refund checks totaling more than $210,000 to people who bought Elimidrol, a product marketed by Sunrise Nutraceuticals, LLC, as an effective treatment for...

Moonlight Slumber, LLC, an Elgin, Illinois-based firm that advertised its baby mattresses as organic and free of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission...

The Federal Trade Commission, along with privacy law enforcement agencies in Australia and Canada, has received a global data protection award for its cross-border investigation of the massive...

To encourage the next generation of privacy and data security researchers to explore economic questions in privacy and data security, the Federal Trade Commission today issued a call for presentations...

An office supplier and its owner will pay $7 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they tricked child care centers, schools, and police and fire departments into paying for products...

The Federal Trade Commission launched a web page highlighting the work of the agency’s new Military Task Force , which is aimed at identifying the needs of military consumers and developing...

The operators of a mobile app that promised cash incentives to get consumers to commit to fitness and nutrition goals have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that they falsely...

A “free” trial offer may be tempting, but it could be a scam out to get your money. The Federal Trade Commission wants consumers to be aware of affiliate marketing in online advertising. Affiliate...

A federal court has found that Jeremy Foti and Charles Marshall , acting through Brookstone Law and Advantis Law , “made numerous false and/or misleading material statements to consumers” when selling...

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a Twitter chat to address a range of issues surrounding disclosures social media influencers must make if they are compensated by -- or have some other material...