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Consumer Reporting Agency to Pay $1.8 Million for Fair Credit Reporting Act Violations

Date

June 27, 2011

Teletrack, Inc. has agreed to pay $1.8 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it sold credit reports to marketers, in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). This...

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FTC Files Amicus Brief in U.S. District Court Opposing Proposed Class Action Settlement with Debt Buyer Midland Funding LLC

Date

June 23, 2011

The Federal Trade Commission filed an amicus brief in federal court opposing a class action settlement that would require consumers to surrender protections provided by the Fair Debt Collection...

Amicus Briefs

Martha Vassalle, et al. v. Midland Funding, LLC, et al.

Date

June 21, 2011

Citation Number

3:11-cv-00096

Federal Court

Northern District of Ohio

Amicus Brief of the Federal Trade Commission before the Northern District of Ohio, expressing concerns that the proposed class action settlement agreement preliminarily approved by the Court is unfair...

Martha Vassalle, et al. v. Midland Funding, LLC, et al. (244.82 KB)

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FTC Seeks Public Comment on Aristotle's Proposed Safe Harbor Program Under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule

Date

June 21, 2011

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on a proposed safe harbor program that Aristotle International, Inc. has submitted for Commission approval under the agency’s Children’s Online...

Cases and Proceedings

Chitika, Inc., In the Matter of

Type of Action

Administrative

Last Updated

June 17, 2011

FTC Matter/File Number

1023087

Press Release

Court Bans Defendants from Selling Work-at-Home and Grant Scams, and Orders Them to Pay $10.4 Million

Date

June 16, 2011

A federal judge has ruled in favor of the Federal Trade Commission and ordered Real Wealth, Inc. and its owner, Lance Murkin, to pay $10.4 million, the full amount of harm caused to thousands of...

Testimony

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Data Security

Date

June 15, 2011

Edith Ramirez, Former Chairwoman

Testimony (36.55 KB)

Press Release

FTC Approves Final Orders Settling Charges that Companies Failed to Protect Consumers Personal Information

Date

June 15, 2011

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission finalized the orders in two cases settling charges that Ceridian Corporation and Lookout Services, Inc. claimed they would take...

Press Release

FTC Testifies on Data Security

Date

June 15, 2011

The Federal Trade Commission told Congress today that to minimize the risk of identity theft or other harm, companies should employ reasonable safeguards to protect consumer information, collect only...

Cases and Proceedings

Lookout Services, Inc., In the Matter of

Type of Action

Administrative

Last Updated

June 15, 2011

FTC Matter/File Number

102 3076

Cases and Proceedings

Ceridian Corporation, In the Matter of

Type of Action

Administrative

Last Updated

June 15, 2011

FTC Matter/File Number

102 3160

Press Release

FTC Materials Will Help Shoppers Understand New Light Bulb Labels Coming in 2012

Date

June 14, 2011

The Federal Trade Commission is making two new resources available to consumers to help them shop for light bulbs in a market with increasingly more efficient options, including compact fluorescent...

Press Release

FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges that Firm Used Misleading Online Reviews

Date

June 10, 2011

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission finalized the Order settling charges that Legacy Learning Systems Inc. and its owner, Lester Gabriel Smith, deceptively advertised the...

Press Release

FTC Staff Extends Deadline for Public Comments on Businesses Education Publication About Online Disclosures

Date

June 10, 2011

The staff of the Federal Trade Commission will extend the public comment period for Dot Com Disclosures: Information About Online Advertising, the business education publication that discusses how...

Cases and Proceedings

Legacy Learning Systems, Inc., et al., In the Matter of

Type of Action

Administrative

Last Updated

June 10, 2011

FTC Matter/File Number

102 3055

Press Release

FTC Settlement Bans Online U.S. Electronics Retailer from Deceiving Consumers with Foreign Website Names

Date

June 9, 2011

The Federal Trade Commission reached a settlement putting a stop to the deceptive tactics of a California Internet marketer that allegedly tricked British consumers into believing it was based in the...

Press Release

FTC Combats Immigration Services Scams

Date

June 9, 2011

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal judge has shut down an operation in Baltimore, Maryland for allegedly misrepresenting that it was authorized to provide immigration services...

Cases and Proceedings

Best Priced Brands, LLC, et al.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

June 9, 2011

FTC Matter/File Number

092 3081

Press Release

Federal Agencies Combat Immigration Services Scams

Date

June 7, 2011

WASHINGTON—The U.S. government will unveil a national initiative to combat immigration services scams on June 9 at 1 p.m. The Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Justice (DOJ) and the Federal...

Press Release

FTC, Department of Justice to Host Forum on Child Identity Theft

Date

June 2, 2011

The FTC and the Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime will host “ Stolen Futures: A Forum on Child Identity Theft,” on July 12, 2011. The forum will be held at the FTC Conference...

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