Terrell McSweeny Begins Term at Federal Trade Commission
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McSweeny, named an FTC Commissioner by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate, began her official duties on April 28.
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FTC Mails Refund Checks to Consumers Allegedly Defrauded by Telemarketers Who Charged a Fee, Promising to Help Lower Their Credit Card Interest Rates
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An administrator working for the Federal Trade Commission today began mailing refund checks to more than 4,800 consumers allegedly defrauded by National Card Monitor, LLC (National), a telemarketing...
Public Statement
Back to the Future on 600 Pennsylvania Avenue - Remarks of Maureen K. Ohlhausen
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FTC Staff Submits Comments to Chicago City Council on Proposed Regulation of Transportation Network Providers
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Federal Trade Commission staff submitted written comments to Alderman Brendan Reilly of the Chicago City Council, in response to a request for comments on a proposed ordinance that would provide for...
Apr21
Working Together to Advance Protections for Immigrant Consumers
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The Federal Trade Commission and East Bay Community Law Center invite you to attend a conference on Working Together to Advance Protections for Immigrant Consumers. The conference will bring together...
Marketer of Robocalling Services Banned from Telemarketing
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The head of an operation that enabled telemarketers to make illegal robocalls, call phone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry, and mask Caller ID information, is permanently banned from...
FTC Invites Further Public Comment on Mobile Security
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The Federal Trade Commission is seeking comments from the public to further explore issues raised by last year’s FTC forum examining the state of mobile security. Panelists at the forum discussed a...
FTC Presents Criminal Liaison Unit Award to Two San Francisco-Based Assistant U.S. Attorneys for Prosecution of Defendants Behind Fraudulent Billing Scheme
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The Federal Trade Commission is honoring Assistant United States Attorneys Hallie Mitchell Hoffman and Kyle F. Waldinger with its Criminal Liaison Unit’s Prosecuting Attorney’s Award for their work in...
April is Financial Literacy Month
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April is Financial Literacy Month, and the Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, has information to help you make the most of your money no matter who you are – student...
Information Management Forum, Inc., et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
122 3105
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
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