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Advisory opinion on whether the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act prohibits a debt collector from notifying a consumer who disputed a debt that the collector has ceased its collection efforts
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Response to request by ACA International regarding whether the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act prohibits a debt collector from notifying a consumer who disputed a debt that the collector has ceased...
Opinion 07-2
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Addresses whether affiliates must disclose audited financial statements under Item 21.
Opinion 07-9
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Discusses the use of computerized displays of casket prices to comply with the Funeral Rule's casket price list requirement.
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Opinion 07-9
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Report
Consumer Fraud in the United States: The Second Federal Trade Commission Survey
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This study reports the results of the Federal Trade Commission’s second statistical survey of fraud in the United States. The survey found that 30.2 million adults – 13.5 percent of the adult...
File
FTC Permanently Halts Media Motor Spyware Scam
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Operators who infected more than 15 million computers with destructive, intrusive spyware will give up $330,000 in ill-gotten gains from their venture to settle FTC charges that their scam violated...
Report
Summary Report On The FTC Behavioral Economics Conference
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A summary report on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) conference “Behavioral Economics and Consumer Policy Conference,” held on April 20, 2007 in Washington, DC. Sponsored by the Bureau of Economics...
Digital Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a movieland.com, et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
062-3008
FTC Warns Mortgage Advertisers and Media That Ads May Be Deceptive
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The Federal Trade Commission is warning mortgage brokers and lenders, and media outlets that carry their advertisements for home mortgages, that some of the advertising claims currently appearing in...
Opinion 07-6
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Discusses whether the Rule requires that the Statement of Funeral Goods and Services include an itemization of the goods and services provided in direct cremations, immediate burials, forwarding of...
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Opinion 07-6
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Opinion 07-8
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Clarifies that the Rule's prohibition of casket storage fees discussed in Opinion 07-4 applies only to "at need" arrangements, and not to "pre-need" arrangements.
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Opinion 07-8
(69.34 KB)
Opinion 07-7
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Discusses the circumstances under which the Rule requires that embalming performed by another funeral home or a third party provider be listed on the Statement of Funeral Goods and Services as a cash...
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Opinion 07-7
(155.71 KB)
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Peer-To-Peer File-Sharing Technology Issues
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By
Mary K. Engle, Associate Director
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Testimony
(57.73 KB)
Opinion 07-5
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Discusses whether the Funeral Rule requires a funeral provider to make its facilities available for a memorial service to families who do not make any other funeral arrangements with the provider.
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Opinion 07-5
(69.66 KB)
Jul18
Weighing In: A Check-Up on Marketing, Self-Regulation, & Childhood Obesity
The FTC and the Department of Health and Human Services jointly sponsored a forum planned as a follow-up to the agencies' 2005 workshop on the same topic. The forum allowed members of the food and...
Opinion 07-4
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Discusses whether funeral providers may charge fees for storing third-party caskets or for disposing of the containers in which they are shipped; and whether funeral providers may use two separate...
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Opinion 07-4
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Jul11
Spam Summit: The Next Generation of Threats and Solutions
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The FTC hosted a summit that brought together experts from the business, government, and technology sectors, consumer advocates, and academics to explore consumer protection issues surrounding spam...
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Protecting the Privacy of the Social Security Number From Identity Theft
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By
Joel Winston, Former Associate Director
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Testimony
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