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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 whether you’re a student, young...
FTC Warns: Ineffective Bed Bug Treatments Can Take a Bite Out of Consumers' Wallets
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With the resurgence of bed bugs in the United States, the Federal Trade Commission urges consumers to be cautious when shopping for products that are touted as remedies or ways of preventing bed bug...
FTC Extends Deadline for New "Lighting Facts" Labels to January 1, 2012
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After considering public comments, the Federal Trade Commission is extending the deadline for manufacturers to comply with new light bulb labels by approximately six months. The new “Lighting Facts”...
FTC Settlement Requires Oreck Corporation to Stop Making False and Unproven Claims That Its Ultraviolet Vacuum and Air Cleaner Can Prevent Illness
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As part of its ongoing efforts to protect consumers from bogus health claims, the Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement requiring Oreck Corporation to stop making allegedly false and...
Apr04
Common Ground: Credit and Consumer Fraud in the Economic Downturn
Join the Federal Trade Commission, the West Virginia Attorney General’s office, legal services attorneys and other consumer advocates, and state and federal consumer protection officials at this free...
FTC Chairman Issues Commissions 2011 Annual Report
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz today issued the FTC’s 2011 Annual Report at the American Bar Association’s Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting in Washington, DC, highlighting the...
Court Shutters Telemarketers Peddling Bogus Timeshare Resales
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At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal district court has issued a temporary restraining order against a Florida-based telemarketing scheme that allegedly tricked timeshare owners who...
Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice Sign Antitrust Cooperation Agreement With Chile
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz today signed an antitrust cooperation agreement with the Chilean antitrust agency on behalf of the FTC. The agreement also was signed by Christine...
FTC Charges Deceptive Privacy Practices in Googles Rollout of Its Buzz Social Network
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Google Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it used deceptive tactics and violated its own privacy promises to consumers when it launched its social network, Google Buzz, in...
FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges that Marketer of Children's Vitamins Made Deceptive Claims about DHA and Brain and Eye Development
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission finalized an Order settling charges that a major vitamin marketer and its subsidiaries made false and unsupported claims that their...
FTC Charges Cancer Cures Marketers with Violating Commission Order
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At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, the U.S. Department of Justice has asked a federal district court to impose civil penalties upon the herbal products company Daniel Chapter One (DCO) and its...
FTC Hosts International Consumer Protection Forum
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In an ongoing effort to combat cross-border fraud and promote global consumer protection, the Federal Trade Commission will host officials from nine Latin American countries for a “Consumer University...
FTC Finalizes Settlement with Data Broker Agency Charged Privacy Pledges Were Deceptive
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has accepted a final settlement with an online data broker that charged consumers $10 based on the false promise that it could “lock...
Mar21
Consumer Protection in Underserved Communities
Join the Federal Trade Commission, the University of Miami School of Law, Legal Services of Greater Miami, the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center, Neighborhood Housing Services of South Florida, legal...
FTC Warns Consumers About Scam Artists Pitch for Potassium Iodide Treatment
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Recent reports of events in Japan are causing scam artists to try to convince consumers that they need potassium iodide pills and drops to protect themselves. Potassium iodide, or KI, can help prevent...
FTC Submits 2011 Fair Debt Collection Practices Report to Congress
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At a time when many consumers are having trouble paying their debts, the Federal Trade Commission issued its 33rd annual report describing the agency’s law enforcement and other efforts to protect...
Money-Making Scam Owner Will Pay Almost $1 Million and Sell House and Personal Property to Settle Prior FTC Judgment
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The operator of a defunct money-making scam has agreed to settle a federal court judgment the Federal Trade Commission obtained against him in 2007 for falsely claiming his “wealth building” program...
Payday Loan Marketers Who Allegedly Tricked Consumers into Buying Prepaid Debit Cards Will Pay More Than $800,000 to Settle FTC Charges
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Two men who operated a service matching borrowers with potential lenders will pay $800,000 and the proceeds from the sale of a house to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they tricked...
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