Tag: Consumer Protection

Web Site Targeting Girls Settles FTC Privacy Charges

Date

October 2, 2001

Lisa Frank, Inc., manufacturer of popular girls’ toys and school supplies, and operator of a Web site featuring those products, will pay $30,000 in civil penalties to settle Federal Trade Commission...

Frank, Lisa, Inc.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

October 2, 2001

FTC Matter/File Number

012-3050

Commissioner Statements

Statement of Timothy J. Muris Regarding Zuccarini, John, d/b/a Cupcake Party

Date

October 1, 2001

Timothy J. Muris, Former Chairman

Matter Number

012 3095

X010063

Statement of Timothy J. Muris Regarding Zuccarini, John, d/b/a Cupcake Party (24.28 KB)

Cyberscam Targeted by FTC

Date

October 1, 2001

A cyberscammer who used more than 5,500 copycat Web addresses to divert surfers from their intended Internet destinations to one of his sites, and hold them captive while he pelted their screens with...

Federal Register Notice

Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information; Proposed rule; request for public comment - 16 CFR Part 314

Date

August 7, 2001

Enhanced Services Billing, Inc., and Billing Concepts, Inc. et al.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

August 6, 2001

Report

Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children: A Six-Month Follow-Up Review of Industry Practices in the Motion Picture, Music Recording & Electronic Game Industries

Date

August 1, 2001

Text of the Report (173.72 KB)

California Telemarketers Banned from Selling Office Supplies as Part of FTC Settlement

Date

July 10, 2001

Pacific Office Systems, Inc., based in Canoga Park, California, and its owner, Suzette Oppenheim, have agreed to settle federal charges that they engaged in deceptive sales practices in connection...

Amicus Briefs

TRW Inc., Petitioner v. Adelaide Andrews

Date

June 30, 2001

Citation Number

No.00-1045

Amicus brief for the United States and the Federal Trade Commission, supporting consumer's argument concerning application of statute of limitations to private action under the Fair Credit Reporting...

TRW Inc., Petitioner v. Adelaide Andrews (98.77 KB)

Section 615(a): Required notice of adverse action based on a consumer report

Date

June 28, 2001

Section 603(k): Definition of "adverse action"

Date

June 28, 2001

Joint FTC/Commerce Department Report Released on "Reasonable Demonstration" Requirement of ESIGN

Date

June 27, 2001

The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Commerce's (Commerce) National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today released a report they prepared jointly at the...

Section 604(a)(3)(A): Credit transaction

Date

June 22, 2001

Stoker, Inc.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

June 5, 2001

FTC Matter/File Number

012 3015

Docket Number

C-4013

Report

Report to Congress On The Electronic Signatures In Global And National Commerce Act: The Consumer Consent Provision in Section 101(c)(1)(C)(ii)

Date

June 1, 2001

Text of Report and Appendices A-E (170.99 KB)

"How-to" Publisher Settles Deceptive Book Club Marketing Allegations

Date

May 30, 2001

On behalf of the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") today filed a civil penalty complaint and proposed consent decree against Creative Publishing International ("CPI"), a...

Section 604(a)(2): Written authorization of consumer

Date

May 24, 2001

May22

Event

Disclosure Exposure: An FTC-NAD Workshop on Effective Disclosures in Advertising

May 22, 2001 | 12:00AM

The FTC and the National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus held a public workshop to explore how marketers comply with "clear and conspicuous" disclosure...

FTC Response to Petition of DuPont for a new generic fiber name

Date

May 21, 2001

FTC Response to Petition of DuPont for a new generic fiber name (49.18 KB)