Federal Register Notice
16 CFR Part 305: Appliance Labeling Rule; Correcting Amendments (December 21, 2011)
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FTC to Host Roundtable Discussion on New OECD Publication: Consumer Policy Toolkit
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The Consumer Policy Toolkit will help government policy makers around the world who strive to protect and empower consumers in an increasingly complex global marketplace. This roundtable discussion is...
FTC Joins New Asia-Pacific Multinational Network of Privacy Enforcement Authorities
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Advancing its mission to protect consumers’ privacy as their data moves across borders, the Federal Trade Commission has joined an agreement with privacy enforcement authorities from other member...
FTC Testifies on Protecting Teen Privacy
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The Federal Trade Commission today testified that while teens are heavy users of the digital environment and may benefit from using the Internet to socialize with peers, learn about issues that...
Nestle Subsidiary to Settle FTC False Advertising Charges; Will Drop Deceptive Health Claims for BOOST Kid Essentials
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A subsidiary of Nestlé S.A., the world’s largest food and nutrition company, has agreed to drop allegedly deceptive advertising claims about the health benefits of its children’s drink BOOST Kid...
Dietary Supplement Maker to Pay $5.5 Million to Settle FTC False Advertising Charges
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As part of its ongoing efforts to stop bogus health claims, the Federal Trade Commission is requiring a major marketer of dietary supplements to pay $5.5 million to settle charges that it falsely...
FTC Warns that New College Grads Should Be Wary of Mystery Shopping Offers
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College graduates who need temporary work while looking for full-time jobs may be interested in mystery shopping, but the FTC cautions that many mystery shopping offers are scams. It seems like an...
International Product Design, Inc.; the Innovation Center, Inc.; National Idea Center, Inc.; New Products of America, Inc.; Azure Communications, Inc. dba London Communications, Inc.; International Licensing Corporation, Inc.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
X97-0071
Many Americans Snared by International Frauds; FTC Publication Tells Consumers How to Steer Clear
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Americans report losses of more than a billion dollars a year to international scam artists, according to the Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency. Con artists can reach...
FTC Warns of Gulf Oil Spill Job Scams
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Scammers who prey on people eager for work have turned their attention to the Gulf oil spill. Bogus ads for oil spill clean-up jobs in the Gulf are appearing in newspapers, online, and in e-mail...
FTC Mails Redress Checks to Borrowers Misled By Chase Financial Funding, Inc.'s Allegedly Deceptive Mortgage Ads
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The Federal Trade Commission is distributing refund checks to borrowers lured by a firm charged with deceptively advertising that it offered 3.5 percent, fixed-payment, 30-year mortgage loans...
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Repairing a Broken System: Protecting Consumers in Debt Collection Litigation
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Text of the Report
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Concurring Statement of Commissioner Brill
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'Telefunder' to Pay $300,000 for Abandoning Millions of Telemarketing Calls to Potential Charity Donors
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The president of a Georgia-based telemarketing company will pay $300,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that his company “abandoned” millions of calls when consumers answered their...
JAK Productions, Inc., d/b/a Area Services, and John Keller, U.S.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
072-3245
API Trade, LLC; ARA Auto Parts Trading LLC; Bend Transfer Services, LLC; B-Texas European, LLC; CBTC, LLC; CMG Global, LLC; Confident Inc.orporation; HDPL Trade LLC; Hometown Homebuyers, LLC; IAS Group LLC; IHC Trade LLC; MZ Services, LLC; New World
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
092 3051
Twitter Settles Charges that it Failed to Protect Consumers' Personal Information; Company Will Establish Independently Audited Information Security Program
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Social networking service Twitter has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers and put their privacy at risk by failing to safeguard their personal information...
Jun21
Southeast Region Common Ground Conference
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Join the Federal Trade Commission, the offices of the Attorney General from Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Florida and Georgia, legal services attorneys and other consumer advocates, and...
FTC Approves Whole Foods Markets Divestiture of Three Stores and Wild Oats Intellectual Property, Denies Sale of Wild Oats Intellectual Property to Topco Associates; FTC Comments on Information Privacy and Innovation in the Internet Economy in Response
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FTC Approves Whole Foods Market’s Divestiture of Three Stores and Wild Oats Intellectual Property, Denies Sale of Wild Oats Intellectual Property to Topco Associates The Federal Trade Commission has...
Coming in 2011: New Labels for Light Bulb Packaging
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Starting in mid-2011, the Federal Trade Commission announced today, consumers shopping for light bulbs will notice new labeling on packaging designed to help them choose among the different types of...
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