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Identity Theft Victim Assistance Workshop

October 23, 2000 | 12:00AM - October 24, 2000 | 12:00AM

The FTC held a public workshop to identify relevant issues and examine potential solutions associated with assisting victims of identity theft. The FTC's workshop was the first in a series of three...

Report

Rotational Health Warnings for Cigarettes (August 2000 – October 2000)

Date

October 1, 2000

Rotational Health Warnings for Cigarettes (August 2000 – October 2000) (2.17 MB)

Report

Marketing Violent Entertainment To Children: A Review of Self-Regulation and Industry Practices in the Motion Picture, Music Recording & Electronic Game Industries

Date

September 1, 2000

Marketing Violent Entertainment To Children report (2000) (434.13 KB)

Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children (2000): Appendices A-K (688.62 KB)

Press Release

Appeals Court Upholds FTC Ruling; Doan's Must Include Corrective Message in Future Advertising and Labeling

Date

August 21, 2000

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has unanimously upheld a Federal Trade Commission decision ordering the maker of Doan's Pills to run corrective advertising. The Court's...

Press Release

Federal Trade Commission Issues Report on Online Profiling

Date

July 27, 2000

The Federal Trade Commission today issued the second part of its report on online profiling by network advertisers. The Commission unanimously applauded the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) for...

Press Release

FTC Announces Settlement With Bankrupt Website, Toysmart.com, Regarding Alleged Privacy Policy Violations

Date

July 21, 2000

In a settlement announced today by the Federal Trade Commission, Toysmart.com ("Toysmart") has agreed to settle charges the company violated Section 5 of the FTC Act by misrepresenting to consumers...

Cases and Proceedings

Toysmart.com, LLC, and Toysmart.com, Inc.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

July 21, 2000

FTC Matter/File Number

X000075

Press Release

United States and Australia Sign Two Agreements to Enhance Cooperation on Consumer Protection Matters

Date

July 20, 2000

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced today that representatives of both commissions have signed two agreements to facilitate...

Press Release

FTC Sues Failed Website, Toysmart.com, for Deceptively Offering for Sale Personal Information of Website Visitors

Date

July 10, 2000

The Federal Trade Commission today filed a complaint against Toysmart.com, LLC, and Toysmart.com, Inc., a failed Internet retailer of children's toys, in the United States District Court for the...

Report

Online Profiling: A Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress, Part 2

Date

July 1, 2000

A Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress (June 2000) (82.69 KB)

Press Release

"Operation Cure.all" Nets Shark Cartilage Promoters: Two Companies Charged with Making False And Unsubstantiated Claims for Their Shark Cartilage And Skin Cream as Cancer Treatments

Date

June 29, 2000

Lane Labs-USA, Inc., Cartilage Consultants, Inc. and their principals have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made unsubstantiated claims about the efficacy of two products --...

Report

Annual Report to Congress on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

Date

June 1, 2000

Introduction In each of the years since the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA" or "Act"), 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692-1695o, was enacted in 1977, the Federal Trade Commission has complied with Section...

Report

Online Profiling: A Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress

Date

June 1, 2000

Text of the Report (82.69 KB)

Cases and Proceedings

Dura Lube Corporation; American Direct Marketing, Inc.; Howe Laboratories, Inc.; Crescent Manufacturing, Inc.; National Communications Corporation; The Media Group, Inc.; Herman S. Howard; and Scott Howard

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

May 5, 2000

Docket Number

9292

Press Release

FTC Staff Issues Guidelines on Internet Advertising

Date

May 3, 2000

The Federal Trade Commission today issued a staff working paper examining how its own consumer protection rules and guides -- many of which were developed long before "dot com" became a household...

Jan11

Event

Public Forum on the Telemarketing Sales Rule: "Do-Not-Call"

January 11, 2000 | 12:00AM

The public forum reviewed the "do-not-call" provision of the FTC's Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR). The "do-not-call" provision prohibits sellers or telemarketers from calling persons who have...

Press Release

Businesses - Both Large and Small - Continue to Fall Prey to Bogus Business Supply Companies

Date

December 16, 1999

Office supply fraud is one of the most significant business-to-business telemarketing frauds according to the Federal Trade Commission. Industry estimates that telemarketing fraud is costing the...

Press Release

FTC Puts Brakes on Deceptive Vehicle Lease and Credit Ads

Date

December 2, 1999

Six Philadelphia automobile dealerships and their individual owners have signed agreements with the Federal Trade Commission to end alleged practices of omitting or burying in fine print key cost...

Press Release

St. Louis Car Dealerships to Pay $40,000 Penalty For Violating FTC Order Regarding Consumer Leasing Act And Truth in Lending Act

Date

November 9, 1999

Two St. Louis car dealerships will pay a $40,000 civil penalty for alleged violations of a Federal Trade Commission order related to the Consumer Leasing Act ("CLA") and the Truth In Lending Act (...

Nov08

Event

Online Profiling Public Workshop

November 8, 1999 | 12:00AM

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration ("NTIA") of the United States Department of Commerce and the Federal Trade Commission held a public workshop on "online profiling," the...

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