FTC Bars Bogus Anti-Spyware Claims
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An operation that offered consumers free spyware detection scans that “detected” spyware even if there was not any, to market anti-spyware software that does not work has been barred from making...
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Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate
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By
Deborah Platt Majoras, Former Chairman
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Testimony
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Internet Service Provider Settles FTC Privacy Charges
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An Internet company that provides shopping cart software to online merchants has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it rented personal information about merchants’ customers to...
Announced Actions for March 8, 2005
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Petition to reopen and set aside order: The Commission has received a petition to reopen and set aside an existing consent order from Entergy-Koch, LLC (EKLP), in connection with FTC Docket No. C-3998...
Petco Animal Supplies, Inc., In th Matter of
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Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
032 3221
Mortgage Company Settles FTC Charges
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A mortgage company identified during a nationwide sweep monitoring compliance with federal privacy laws has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that it failed to adequately protect customers’...
Opinion 05-2
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Discusses the applicability of the Franchise Rule to a license to use a method designed to increase sales of experienced businesses.
FTC, Spanish Data Protection Agency Working Together to Fight Illegal Spam
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The Federal Trade Commission and Spain’s Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD) today signed a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote enhanced cooperation and information...
Capital City Mortgage Corporation, A Maryland Corporation; et. al
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Federal
Last Updated
Criminal and Civil Enforcement Agencies Launch Major Assault Against Promoters of Business Opportunity and Work-at-Home Schemes
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In a massive criminal and civil crackdown on promoters of illegal business opportunity and work-at-home schemes, the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice (DOJ), the U.S. Postal...
FTC Issues Study on Competition in Contact Lens Market
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The Federal Trade Commission has released a study on the strength of competition in the sale of prescription contact lenses. Congress required the study under the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers...
Identity Theft Focus of National Consumer Protection Week 2005
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The Federal Trade Commission has launched the seventh annual National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW), February 6-12, 2005, in cooperation with federal, state and local agencies, and national advocacy...
FTC Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Mexican Consumer Protection Body
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The Federal Trade Commission and Mexico’s consumer protection agency, the Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor (Profeco), today signed a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote enhanced...
FTC Sues Credit Repair Companies
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Two companies targeting Spanish-speaking consumers with claims that they could improve consumers’ credit ratings have violated federal laws, according to the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC has...
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