Tag: Consumer Protection

Public Forum on the Telemarketing Sales Rule: "Do-Not-Call"

January 11, 2000 | 12:00AM

The public forum reviewed the "do-not-call" provision of the FTC's Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR). The "do-not-call" provision prohibits sellers or telemarketers from calling persons who have...

Cases and Proceedings

Adjudicative Proceedings

Dura Lube Corporation, American Direct Marketing, Inc., et al., In the Matter of

Type of Action

Administrative

Last Updated

December 23, 1999

Docket Number

9292

Cases and Proceedings

Physicians Formula Cosmetics, Inc.

Type of Action

Administrative

Last Updated

December 17, 1999

FTC Matter/File Number

992 3158

Docket Number

C-3909

Section 605(a)(5): Time limits: Reporting adverse information (general)

Date

December 16, 1999

Businesses - Both Large and Small - Continue to Fall Prey to Bogus Business Supply Companies

Date

December 16, 1999

Office supply fraud is one of the most significant business-to-business telemarketing frauds according to the Federal Trade Commission. Industry estimates that telemarketing fraud is costing the...

Section 613: Public record information for employment purposes

Date

December 13, 1999

Cases and Proceedings

Wire Works, Inc., and Electrodes, Inc.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

December 10, 1999

FTC Matter/File Number

982 3588

Docket Number

C-3908

FTC Puts Brakes on Deceptive Vehicle Lease and Credit Ads

Date

December 2, 1999

Six Philadelphia automobile dealerships and their individual owners have signed agreements with the Federal Trade Commission to end alleged practices of omitting or burying in fine print key cost...

Nov18

Funeral Rule Review Workshop

November 18, 1999 | 12:00AM

Opinion 99-7

Date

November 12, 1999

Responds to requests for clarification of Advisory 99-6 addressing business consultants' disclosure obigations.

St. Louis Car Dealerships to Pay $40,000 Penalty For Violating FTC Order Regarding Consumer Leasing Act And Truth in Lending Act

Date

November 9, 1999

Two St. Louis car dealerships will pay a $40,000 civil penalty for alleged violations of a Federal Trade Commission order related to the Consumer Leasing Act ("CLA") and the Truth In Lending Act (...

Nov08

Online Profiling Public Workshop

November 8, 1999 | 12:00AM

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration ("NTIA") of the United States Department of Commerce and the Federal Trade Commission held a public workshop on "online profiling," the...

Section 605(a)(1): Time limits: Bankruptcies

Date

November 5, 1999

Nov04

Public Forum: Advertising and Marketing Long-Distance Services

November 4, 1999 | 12:00AM

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) convened a joint public forum to address the advertising and marketing of long-distance services, including dial...

Section 607(a): Reasonable procedures to comply with §§ 604 and 605

Date

October 12, 1999

Crammers Settle FTC Charges (October 1999)

Date

October 6, 1999

Defendants who crammed charges onto consumers phone bills for services they did not order or authorize have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their practices violated federal laws...

Section 604(b)(2): Pre-report disclosure to consumer by employer; authorization by consumer

Date

October 1, 1999

Section 603(e): Definition of "investigative consumer report"

Date

October 1, 1999

Announced Actions for September 16, 1999

Date

September 16, 1999

Approval of Omnibus Compulsory Process Resolution: To ensure that its staff has the tools necessary to combat fraud and deception on the Internet, the Federal Trade Commission today announced that it...