Report
The National Do Not Call Registry: Data Book For Fiscal Year 2010
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Fiscal Year 2010
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Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
Type of Action
Process Enforcement
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
091 0037
Case Status
Closed
FTC Charges Massive Internet Enterprise with Scamming Consumers Out of Millions Billing Month-After-Month for Products and Services They Never Ordered
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The Federal Trade Commission is taking legal action against a far-reaching Internet enterprise that allegedly has made millions of dollars by luring consumers into “trial” memberships for bogus...
Dannon Agrees to Drop Exaggerated Health Claims for Activia Yogurt and DanActive Dairy Drink
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The Dannon Company, Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges of deceptive advertising and drop claims that allegedly exaggerated the health benefits of its Activia yogurt and...
FTC Settlement Prohibits Marketers of Children's Vitamins from Making Deceptive Health Claims about Brain and Eye Development
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As part of its ongoing efforts to stop bogus health claims, the Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement requiring major marketers of children’s vitamins to stop making false and unproven...
FTC Action Puts Deceptive Marketer Out of the Debt Relief Business
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A deceptive advertising operation has been banned from the debt relief business under a settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission. As part of a continuing crackdown on scams that target...
FTC Staff Issues Privacy Report, Offers Framework for Consumers, Businesses, and Policymakers
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The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s chief privacy policy and enforcement agency for 40 years, issued a preliminary staff report today that proposes a framework to balance the privacy interests...
FTC Has Gift Card Tips for Holiday Buying
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The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, has tips and information for consumers who use gift cards for holiday gift-giving. New federal rules that took effect in August...
FTC Warns Consumers About Online Dating Scams
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The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, warns that scammers sometimes use online dating and social networking sites to try to convince people to send money in the name...
Rite Aid Corporation, In the Matter of
Rite Aid is prohibited from using facial recognition technology for security or surveillance purposes for five years to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the retailer failed to implement reasonable procedures and prevent harm to consumers in its use of facial recognition technology in hundreds of stores.
The order requires Rite Aid to implement comprehensive safeguards to prevent these types of harm to consumers when deploying automated systems that use biometric information to track them or flag them as security risks. It also requires Rite Aid to discontinue using any such technology if it cannot control potential risks to consumers. To settle charges it violated a 2010 Commission data security order by failing to adequately oversee its service providers, Rite Aid is also required to implement a robust information security program, which must be overseen by the company’s top executives.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
072 3121
C-4308
Response Makers, LLC
Type of Action
Process Enforcement
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
1023000
Case Status
Closed
FTC Issues Final Rule to Protect Struggling Homeowners from Mortgage Relief Scams
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Homeowners will be protected by a new Federal Trade Commission rule that bans providers of mortgage foreclosure rescue and loan modification services from collecting fees until homeowners have a...
FTC Sends Warning Letters to Marketers of Caffeinated Alcohol Drinks
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The Federal Trade Commission today sent warning letters to four marketers of caffeinated alcohol drinks. Citing incidents “suggesting that alcohol containing added caffeine presents unusual risks to...
Mark Dreher, Ph.D., In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
082-3122
FTC Approves Final Order Settling Deceptive Advertising Charges Against Former POM Wonderful Vice President Mark Dreher
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that Mark Dreher, Ph.D. – who was Vice President of Science and Regulatory Affairs of POM...
At FTC's Request, Judge Imposes Ban on Marketers of Detox Foot Pads
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At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal judge has banned marketers of Kinoki “Detox” Foot Pads – that would purportedly remove toxins from the body through a person’s feet – from...
FTC Fines Online Retailers for Failing to Post EnergyGuide Information for Appliances
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Three online retailers have agreed to pay more than $400,000 in total penalties to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they failed to post EnergyGuide information on their websites to inform...
FTC Issues Enforcement Policy Statement on New Debt Relief Rule
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The Federal Trade Commission has issued an enforcement policy statement on a new FTC rule that protects consumers by barring debt relief firms from collecting up-front fees. In its statement, the FTC...
FTC Settles with Defendants that Claimed Bogus Ties to Google and Unlawfully Charged Consumers Hidden Fees
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An online marketer that falsely claimed ties to Google Inc. has been forced to stop operations as part of a Federal Trade Commission action that charged the defendants with marketing an allegedly...
At FTC's Request, Court Permanently Shuts Down Massive Cramming Operation; Orders Defendants to Refund Almost $38 Million in Unauthorized Charges Placed on Consumers' Phone Bills
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At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. district court has permanently shut down the illegal operations of a firm that placed bogus charges on the telephone bills of thousands of small...
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