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FTC Warns Health Apps and Connected Device Companies to Comply With Health Breach Notification Rule
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The Federal Trade Commission today issued a policy statement affirming that health apps and connected devices that collect or use consumers’ health information must comply with the Health Breach...
FTC Streamlines Consumer Protection and Competition Investigations in Eight Key Enforcement Areas to Enable Higher Caseload
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At the joint recommendation from its Bureau of Consumer Protection and Bureau of Competition, the Federal Trade Commission voted to approve and make public a series of resolutions that will enable...
Statement of Chair Lina M. Khan Joined by Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter on Actions to Expedite Staff Investigations
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By
Lina M. Khan, Former Chair and Commissioner;
Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Former Commissioner
Matter Number
P859900
2110160
2110161
2110162
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Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department Issue Joint Statement to Preserve Competition in Post-Hurricane Relief Efforts
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The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division today issued a joint statement detailing antitrust guidance for businesses taking part in relief efforts and those...
FTC Sends Refund Checks to People Harmed by Abusive Debt Collector
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The Federal Trade Commission is sending checks to 603 people who paid money they did not owe to a debt collector that used deceptive and abusive collection methods. In 2018, the FTC and State of New...
FTC Sends Cease and Desist Demands to 10 Companies Suspected of Making Diabetes Treatment Claims without the Required Scientific Evidence
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The Federal Trade Commission sent cease-and-desist letters to 10 companies suspected of advertising unproven treatments or cures for diabetes, ordering the companies to stop making unsubstantiated...
Sep15
Open Commission Meeting – September 15, 2021
Agenda items: Proposed Policy Statement on Privacy Breaches by Health Apps and Connected Devices, Non-HSR Reported Acquisitions by Select Technology Platforms, 2010-2019: An FTC Study, Proposed...
FTC Announces Tentative Agenda for September 15 Open Commission Meeting
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Today, Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina M. Khan announced that an open meeting of the Commission will be held virtually on Wednesday, September 15, 2021. The open meeting will begin at 11 am ET and...
FTC Approves Changes to Five FCRA Rules
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The Federal Trade Commission approved final revisions that would bring several rules that implement parts of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) in line with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and...
FTC Bans SpyFone and CEO from Surveillance Business and Orders Company to Delete All Secretly Stolen Data
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Today, the Federal Trade Commission banned SpyFone and its CEO Scott Zuckerman from the surveillance business over allegations that the stalkerware app company secretly harvested and shared data on...
FTC Sends Refund Checks to People Targeted in Computer Financing Scheme
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The Federal Trade Commission is sending 4,505 checks to people who lost money in a financing scheme that targeted customers shopping for computers and related electronic devices. In 2008, the FTC...
Telemarketer Fees to Access the FTC’s National Do Not Call Registry to Increase in 2022
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The fees for telemarketers accessing phone numbers on the National Do Not Call (DNC) Registry will increase incrementally in FY 2022. All telemarketers calling consumers in the United States are...
FTC, Georgia Attorney General Sue Stem Cell Institute of America Co-Founders for Deceptive Joint Pain Cure-All Marketing Scheme
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The Federal Trade Commission and the Georgia Attorney General’s Office today sued the co-founders of the Stem Cell Institute of America for marketing stem cell therapy to seniors nationwide using...
Federal Trade Commission Sending Refunds to More than 31,000 Consumers Allegedly Defrauded by Online Training Academy
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The Federal Trade Commission is sending checks totaling more than $5.4 million to 31,144 consumers who purchased an allegedly deceptively marketed investment training scheme offered by California...
FTC Urges Federal Reserve Board to Require Debit Card Gatekeepers to Compete Fairly
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The Federal Trade Commission announced that staff have submitted a comment urging the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Fed) to clarify and strengthen the implementation of debit...
FTC Sues FleetCor and Its CEO for Fleecing Small Businesses With Mystery Fuel Card Fees
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The Federal Trade Commission has filed an administrative complaint against FleetCor and its CEO, Ronald Clarke, for charging customers hundreds of millions of dollars in mystery fees associated with...
Fleetcor Technologies
The Federal Trade Commission’s complaint against FleetCor, a company that sells fuel card services to businesses, alleges that it has charged customers at least hundreds of millions of dollars in hidden fees after making false promises about helping customers save on fuel costs. The case was filed in December 2019.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
182 3000
Case Status
Pending
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