Opinion 04-1
Date
Reaffirms earlier staff advisory opinion that a funeral home may not make consumers sign for third-party caskets.
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Opinion 04-1
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May12
Hispanic Consumer Outreach Forum
The FTC and the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime hosted a workshop on strategies for effective and high-impact education and enforcement to protect Hispanic consumers from...
Court Order Closes the Book on Canadian Registry Scheme
Date
A set of defendants based in Calgary, Canada, has been permanently barred from selling business directories and listings to U.S. residents, thus resolving a federal district court complaint the...
Ambus Registry, Inc., a corporation; et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
X030062
Creative Health Institute, Inc., and Kyl L. Smith, In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
012 3248
Docket Number
C-4108
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Spyware
Date
By
Mozelle W. Thompson, Former Commissioner;
J. Howard Beales, Former Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection
File
Testimony
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Opinion 04-3
Date
Discusses what funeral goods and services must be separately itemized on the General Price List; under what circumstances items may be listed as "no charge"; whether funeral providers may use separate...
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Opinion 04-3
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Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Protecting Our Nation's Cyberspace
Date
By
Orson Swindle, Former Commissioner
File
Testimony
(57.55 KB)
Tower Records Settles FTC Charges
Date
MTS, Inc., and Tower Direct, LLC, (“Tower”) have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that a security flaw in the Tower Web site exposed customers’ personal information to other Internet...
Apr19
Monitoring Software on Your PC: Spyware, Adware and Other Software
The FTC hosted a public workshop to explore the issues associated with the distribution and effects of software that aids in gathering information about a person or organization without their...
Apr16
Health Care Information and Competition conference
This quasi-academic conference, organized by Stanford health economist Dan Kessler, brought together academics and health policy makers to examine the production of and use of health care market...
Credit Enhancement Services, LLC, et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
022-3049
Cole v. U.S. Capital, Inc. et al.
Date
Citation Number
03-3331
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In this amicus brief, filed at the invitation of the court, the FTC argues that, although the Fair Credit Reporting Act permits a business to obtain a consumer report if it provides the consumer with...
File
Cole v. U.S. Capital, Inc. et al.
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Care Labeling of Textile Wearing Apparel & Certain Piece Goods
Rule Updated Date
The Care Labeling Rule, which requires manufacturers and importers of textile wearing apparel and goods; provides regular instructions to purchasers through care labels or other methods; prohibits...
Federal Register Notice
Children's Online Privacy Protection Safe Harbor Proposed Self-Regulatory Guidelines; Privo, Inc. Application
Date
Eyeglass Rule
Rule Updated Date
The Eyeglass Rule requires that optometrists and ophthalmologists provide patients a copy of their prescription after the completion of an eye examination without extra cost. In addition, the Rule...
FTC Seeks Public Comment on Privo, Inc.'s Application For Approval as a Safe Harbor Program under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule
Date
The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on the provisions of a safe harbor program that Privo, Inc. (“Privo”) submitted for Commission approval pursuant to the Children’s Online Privacy...
FTC: E-commerce Increases Choice and Convenience for Contact Lens Wearers
Date
The Federal Trade Commission today released a staff report concluding that e-commerce offers consumers greater choices and more convenience in the contact lens market. This staff report is part of a...
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