July 30, 1999

• Media Advisory: July 30, 1999
  FTC Traps Travel Companies for Violating Federal Law
  The Federal Trade Commission will hold a press conference on Tuesday, August 3, 1999, at 10:30 a.m. to announce "Operation Trip Trap," a joint federal/state law enforcement and consumer education campaign to combat abuses in the travel sales industry.
  
  
• For Release: July 30, 1999
  FTC Testifies "Drugstores on the Net:The Benefits and Risks of Online Pharmacies"
  Testimony Outlines Law Enforcement Effort

July 29, 1999

• For Release: July 29, 1999
  Home Equity Lenders Settle Charges that They Engaged in Abusive Lending Practices; Over Half Million Dollars To Be Returned to Consumers
  Agency Brings First Predatory Lending Cases Under Federal Statute

July 28, 1999

• For Release: July 28, 1999
  Canadian-Based Telemarketers Settle FTC Charges of Misrepresenting Their Credit Card "Protection" and Y2K Fixes Program
  A Canadian based-company, NCCP Ltd. and its owner, Cary Title, have agreed to pay $100,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they falsely represented their credit card protection program including protection against potential Y2K-related problems.
  
  
• For Your Information: July 28, 1999
  Announced Action(s) for July 28, 1999
  The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action.
  
  
• For Your Information: July 28, 1999
  FTC's Annual Report to Congress on Cigarette Sales and Advertising for 1997
  The Federal Trade Commission's annual report to Congress on cigarette sales and advertising for 1997 shows a $552 million increase in advertising and promotional spending from 1996.
  
  
• For Release: July 28, 1999
  FTC Vows to Protect Consumer Gains During Electricity Deregulation
  Commissioner Testifies Before House Committee on the Judiciary
  
  
• For Release: July 28, 1999
  GPS Systems Could Lead Consumers Astray
  Systems that Are Not "EOW Rollover" Ready Could Crash in August

July 26, 1999

• Media Advisory: July 26, 1999
  Home Equity Lenders Settle Charges that they Engaged in Abusive Lending Practices;
  FTC to Announce Over Half Million Dollars to be Returned to Consumers
  
  
• For Release: July 26, 1999
  Fleet Finance and Home Equity U.S.A. Agree to Pay $1.3 Million Settling Charges of Deceptive Disclosures and Truth in Lending Violations in Fleet Finance Loans;
  FTC Alleges Fleet Finance Failed to Disclose or Accurately Disclose Home Equity Loan Terms and Right to Cancel to Consumers Required by Truth in Lending Act

July 23, 1999

• For Release: July 23, 1999
  FTC Competition Director Baer To Leave Post this Fall
  Chairman Announces Bureau Personnel Changes

July 22, 1999

• For Your Information: July 22, 1999
  Announced Actions for July 22, 1999
  The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action.
  

July 21, 1999

• For Release: July 21, 1999
  Cigars Should Have Health Warnings; FTC Says
  Agency Report Provides First-Time Data on Cigar Sales and Advertising Expenditures
  
  
• For Release: July 21, 1999
  FTC Halts Internet "Cramming"
  Thousands Billed For Web Sites They Never Ordered and Didn't Know They Had
  
  
• For Release: July 21, 1999
  FTC Chairman Testifies before House Subcommittee on the Privacy Provision of H.R.10
  Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky today presented Commission testimony to a House Subcommittee on H.R. 10, the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and financial privacy.

July 20, 1999

• For Release: July 20, 1999
  FTC Files Suit Against Work-at-home Pyramid Scheme
  Plan Allegedly Turns Victims Into Recruiters

July 19, 1999

• For Release: July 20, 1999
  FTC Wins Case Against Defendants Engaged in Deceptive Advertising of "Super-Formula" Diet Product
  SlimAmerica ordered to pay more than $8.3 million in consumer redress; post bonds before engaging in future weight-loss or other marketing activities

July 16, 1999

• For Your Information: July 16, 1999
  Announced Action for July 16, 1999
  The staff of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, Bureau of Competition, and Office of Policy Planning have filed a comment with the National Conference of Commissioners of Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) as NCCUSL prepares to consider adoption of the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA).
  
  
• For Release: July 16, 1999
  Indiana-Based Telemarketers Settle FTC Charges of Deceptively Soliciting Small Business to Pay for Advertisements in "Community" Publications
  Two Fort Wayne-based telemarketers charged by the Federal Trade Commission with deceptively convincing small businesses they owe money for unordered advertisements in publications purported to be affiliated with "civic" or "charitable" organizations have agreed to settle the allegations.
  

July 13, 1999

• For Your Information: July 13, 1999
  Announced Action(s) for July 13, 1999
  The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions.
  
  
• For Release: July 13, 1999
  "Self-Regulation and Privacy Online," FTC Report to Congress
  Agency Outlines Steps to Ensure Effective Online Privacy Protections

July 7, 1999

• For Release: July 7, 1999
  Now Consumers Can Tell It To The FTC - Toll-Free
  A product you bought through an Internet auction months ago still hasn't been delivered. A newspaper ad offers "Guaranteed Loans," but requires a fee up front.

July 1, 1999

• For Release: July 1, 1999
  Dallas Marketers of Laundry Detergent Substitute Charged with Making False and Unsubstantiated Claims Agree to Settlement with FTC and Six States
  OneSource Worldwide Network, Inc., operating in Dallas, Texas, and its president, James Fobair, have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false and unsubstantiated advertising claims for a laundry detergent substitute they sold.