Information Management Forum, Inc., et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
122 3105
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I Works Billing Scheme Defendant Agrees to Settle FTC Charges
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One of the key players in the I Works scheme that allegedly took more than $275 million from consumers via deceptive “trial” memberships for bogus government-grant and money-making schemes has agreed...
Payday Lenders That Used Tribal Affiliation to Illegally Garnish Wages Settle with FTC
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A South Dakota-based payday lending operation and its owner will pay $967,740 to the U.S. Treasury as part of a settlement resolving FTC charges that they used unfair and deceptive tactics to collect...
FTC Wins Court Judgment Against Immigration Services Scam
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A federal court has ordered the operators of a Baltimore-based immigration services scam to pay as much as $616,000 in refunds to Spanish-speaking immigrants, who were deceived into paying the...
FTC to Examine Effects of Big Data on Low Income and Underserved Consumers at September Workshop
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a public workshop entitled “Big Data: A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion?” in Washington on Sept. 15, 2014, to further explore the use of “big data” and its...
Loma International Business Group, Inc., et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
112 3031
FTC Notifies Facebook, WhatsApp of Privacy Obligations in Light of Proposed Acquisition
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The director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection notified Facebook and WhatsApp about their obligations to protect the privacy of their users in light of Facebook’s...
Letter From Jessica L. Rich, Director of the Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Consumer Protection, to Erin Egan, Chief Privacy Officer, Facebook, and to Anne Hoge, General Counsel, WhatsApp Inc.
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By
Jessica L. Rich, Former Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection
FTC, DOJ Issue Antitrust Policy Statement on Sharing Cybersecurity Information
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The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice today issued a policy statement on the sharing of cyber-security information that makes clear that properly designed cyber threat information...
Two Data Brokers Settle FTC Charges That They Sold Consumer Data Without Complying With Protections Required Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act
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Two data brokers have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by providing reports about consumers to users such as prospective...
FTC Warns Small Businesses: Don't Open Email Falsely Claiming to be From FTC
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The Federal Trade Commission is warning small businesses that an email with a subject line “Pending consumer complaint” is not from the FTC. The email falsely states that a complaint has been filed...
FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges Against Flashlight App Creator
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges against Goldenshores Technologies, LLC, and its owner, Erik Geidl. According to the FTC’s...
Infotrack Information Services, Inc., et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
122 3092
Goldenshores Technologies, LLC, and Erik M. Geidl, In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
132 3087
FTC Approves Final Consent Settling Charges that L’Occitane, Inc. Misled Consumers to Believe that Creams Could Slim Their Bodies
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final consent order settling charges that beauty products and cosmetics marketer L’Occitane violated the Federal Trade...
FTC Charges Operators of “Jerk.com” Website With Deceiving Consumers
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The Federal Trade Commission charged the operators of the website “Jerk.com” with harvesting personal information from Facebook to create profiles labeling people a “Jerk” or “not a Jerk,” then...
FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges That N.E.W. Plastics’ Environmental Claims for its Plastic Lumber Products Were Misleading
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final consent order settling charges that N.E.W. Plastics Corp., a Wisconsin-based manufacturer of plastic lumber...
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