Report
Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book for January - December 2011
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Sentinel CY-2011
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FTC Settlement Bans Billing Scheme Operators from Negative-Option Sales
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The Federal Trade Commission has stopped an operation that targeted payday loan seekers and charged them for worthless programs without their consent. A settlement order, reached as part of the FTC's...
Report
Mobile Apps for Kids: Current Privacy Disclosures are Disappointing
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Text of the FTC Staff Report (February 2012)
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Under FTC Settlement, Debt Buyer Agrees to Pay $2.5 Million for Alleged Consumer Deception
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One of the nation's largest consumer debt buyers has agreed to pay a $2.5 million civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it made a range of misrepresentations when trying to...
FTC to Host Workshop on Mobile Payments and Their Impact on Consumers
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a workshop on April 26, 2012, to examine the use of mobile payments in the marketplace and how this emerging technology impacts consumers. This event will bring...
FTC Seeks Public Input in Review of Wool Products Labeling Rules
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As part of the Federal Trade Commission's systematic review of all current FTC rules and guides, the FTC is seeking public comment on the continuing need for, as well as the benefits, costs, and...
FTC Permanently Stops Six Operators from Using Fake News Sites that Allegedly Deceived Consumers about Acai Berry Weight-Loss Products
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Six online marketers agreed to settlements with the Federal Trade Commission that will permanently halt their allegedly deceptive practice of using fake news websites to market acai berry supplements...
FTC Action Bans Defendants from Providing Immigration Services
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The immigration services business will be permanently off limits to an operation that allegedly posed as the federal government and tricked people into paying up to $2,500 for immigration forms, under...
Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Pledge to Work Together to Protect Consumers
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have signed an agreement to coordinate efforts to protect consumers and avoid duplication of federal law...
FTC Action Stops Marketer in Precious Metals Investment Case
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At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal judge stopped the allegedly illegal practices of a defendant who helped operate a telemarketing scheme that is believed to have received more...
At FTC's Request, Court Freezes Assets of Telemarketing Operation that Allegedly Made Bogus Claims about Reducing Consumers' Interest Rates
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At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. district court has frozen the assets of a telemarketing operation that allegedly charged consumers hundreds of dollars based on bogus promises to...
CVS Caremark Corporation Settles FTC Deceptive Pricing Charges
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CVS Caremark Corporation will pay $5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it misrepresented the prices of certain Medicare Part D prescription drugs – including drugs used to treat...
Internet Marketers of Acai Berry Weight-Loss Pills and "Colon Cleansers" to Pay $1.5 Million to Settle FTC Charges of Deceptive Advertising and Unfair Billing
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The Federal Trade Commission announced that an operation that marketed acai berry supplements, "colon cleansers," and other products using allegedly fraudulent free trial offers and phony endorsements...
FTC Action Bans Payment Processor from Using a Novel Payment Method to Debit Accounts
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A payment processor and two of its principals are now banned from using a new payment method to process electronic payments under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which resolves charges...
Membership Reward Service Aimed at College Savers Settles FTC Charges That Its 'TurboSaver Toolbar' Feature Deceptively Collected Consumers' Personal Information
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A membership reward service aimed at consumers trying to save money for college has agreed to settle FTC charges and will be barred from its allegedly deceptive practice of using a web-browser toolbar...
Universal Computers and Electronics, Inc., d/b/a Appliancebestbuys.com, and d/b/a universallcdtv.com, In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
102 3040
Docket Number
9347
FTC Sends Biennial Report to Congress on the National Do Not Call Registry
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The Federal Trade Commission has approved a biennial report to Congress focusing on the use of the Do Not Call Registry by both consumers and businesses over the past two years, as well as the impact...
FTC Extends Deadline for Comments in Two Proceedings:Regulatory Review of Textile Labeling Rules and New Energy Labeling Requirements for Home Heating and Cooling Equipment
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In response to requests from stakeholders, the Federal Trade Commission has extended the deadlines for the public to submit comments in two different proceedings. The deadline to submit comments in...
FTC Files Amicus Brief in U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Saint Joseph Abbey v. Castille
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The Federal Trade Commission filed an amicus brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in a case raising constitutional challenges to provisions of the Louisiana Embalming and...
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