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Dec19
Public Roundtable on Consumer Aspects of Hague Convention
The FTC, in consultation with other government agencies, held a public roundtable discussion on the consumer aspects of the Proposed Hague Convention on Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments being...
FTC Releases Second Follow-Up Report on the Marketing of Violent Entertainment to Children
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The Federal Trade Commission today released a follow-up report to its September 2000 Report, Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children : A Review of Self-Regulation and Industry Practices in the...
Dec04
Interagency Public Workshop: Get Noticed: Effective Financial Privacy Notices
The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB Act) requires that financial institutions issue privacy notices to their customers, and, in certain circumstances, provide them with the opportunity to opt out of...
Statement of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection On the National Cancer Institute's Report on Cigarette Testing Method
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We are pleased that the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has released its new monograph, Risks Associated with Smoking Cigarettes with Low Tar Machine-Measured Yields of Tar and Nicotine. We understand...
Web Site Targeting Girls Settles FTC Privacy Charges
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Lisa Frank, Inc., manufacturer of popular girls’ toys and school supplies, and operator of a Web site featuring those products, will pay $30,000 in civil penalties to settle Federal Trade Commission...
Cyberscam Targeted by FTC
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A cyberscammer who used more than 5,500 copycat Web addresses to divert surfers from their intended Internet destinations to one of his sites, and hold them captive while he pelted their screens with...
Joint FTC/Commerce Department Report Released on "Reasonable Demonstration" Requirement of ESIGN
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The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Commerce's (Commerce) National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today released a report they prepared jointly at the...
"How-to" Publisher Settles Deceptive Book Club Marketing Allegations
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On behalf of the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") today filed a civil penalty complaint and proposed consent decree against Creative Publishing International ("CPI"), a...
May22
Disclosure Exposure: An FTC-NAD Workshop on Effective Disclosures in Advertising
The FTC and the National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus held a public workshop to explore how marketers comply with "clear and conspicuous" disclosure...
FTC Announces Settlements with Web Sites That Collected Children's Personal Data Without Parental Permission
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Marking the first anniversary of the effective date of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, the Federal Trade Commission announced settlements with three Web operators for violations of the...
Entertainment Software Rating Board Awarded "Safe Harbor" Status
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced that the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) has been approved as a "safe harbor" program under the terms of the Children's Online Privacy...
Apr03
Esign Public Workshop: Electronic Signatures In Global And National Commerce Act
This workshop was part of the FTC and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) effort to gather information to report to Congress on the benefits and burdens of å¤ 101...
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