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FTC Staff Comment: FDA Should Reevaluate Its Current Regulatory Framework for Homeopathic Products
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The staff of the Federal Trade Commission has recommended that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reconsider the framework it uses to regulate homeopathic medications because it may appear to...
FTC: Lights Out for Falsely Advertised UV Disinfectant Devices
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Two marketers of ultraviolet light “disinfectant” devices have agreed to stop making claims that their devices can wipe out foot fungus and dangerous bacteria like MRSA, E. coli, and Salmonella in...
FTC Stops Elusive Business Opportunity Scheme
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Eighteen elusive marketers who cheated American and Canadian consumers out of more than $7 million are banned from selling business or work-at-home opportunities under court orders obtained by the...
FTC Announces Agenda for First Start with Security Conference in San Francisco
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Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez will provide the opening remarks at the FTC’s first Start with Security conference, being held Sept. 9 at the University of California Hastings...
FTC Commissioner Joshua D. Wright to Resign
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Joshua D. Wright, who has served as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission since January 2013, will resign his position with his last day as a commissioner on Monday, August 24, 2015. “It has...
FTC Awards $25,000 Top Cash Prize for Contest-Winning Mobile App That Blocks Illegal Robocalls
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The Federal Trade Commission announced that judges for its Robocalls: Humanity Strikes Back contest selected a first place winner for the $25,000 cash prize for building a mobile app that blocks and...
Thirteen Companies Agree to Settle FTC Charges They Falsely Claimed To Comply With International Safe Harbor Framework
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Thirteen companies have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they misled consumers by claiming they were certified members of the U.S.-EU or U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor Frameworks when...
Statement of Chairwoman Edith Ramirez In the Matter of LabMD, Inc.
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By
Edith Ramirez, Former Chairwoman
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9357
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Statement of Chairwoman Edith Ramirez
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“Melanoma Detection” App Sellers Barred from Making Deceptive Health Claims
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The final defendant remaining in a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit challenging false or unsubstantiated claims for a set of purported “melanoma detection” apps is barred from making any further...
FTC Charges Data Brokers with Helping Scammer Take More Than $7 Million from Consumers' Accounts
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged a data broker operation with illegally selling payday loan applicants’ financial information to a scam operation that took millions of dollars from consumers...
FTC Announces Panels for Debt Collection Dialogue in Dallas on September 29, 2015
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The Federal Trade Commission has announced the panels for the Debt Collection Dialogue in Dallas on September 29, 2015, the second of three such planned events. Representatives from the FTC, other...
Operators of Bogus Credit Repair Scheme Settle FTC Charges
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The operators of a bogus credit repair scheme that allegedly tricked Spanish-speaking consumers into paying thousands of dollars each to supposedly improve their credit will be banned from offering...
FTC Seeks Public Comment on Riyo Proposal for Parental Verification Method Under COPPA Rule
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The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on a proposed verifiable parental consent method that Riyo has submitted for Commission approval under the agency’s Children’s Online Privacy...
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