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Company That Touted Products’ Ability to Treat Children’s Speech Disorders Settles FTC Charges It Deceived Consumers

Date

January 9, 2015

An Illinois company and its owner will stop making allegedly deceptive claims that their dietary supplements are proven effective at treating childhood speech disorders, including those associated...

Rules

Cooling-off Period for Sales Made at Home or Other Locations

Rule Updated Date

January 9, 2015

The Cooling Off Rule provides that it is unfair and deceptive for sellers engaged in “door-to-door” sales valued at more than $25 to fail to provide consumers with disclosures regarding their right to...

Text of Rule

Public Statement

Privacy and the IoT: Navigating Policy Issues - Opening Remarks of FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez

Date

January 6, 2015

Privacy and the IoT: Navigating Policy Issues - Opening Remarks of FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez (50.92 KB)

Press Release

FTC Approves Changes to Cooling-Off Rule

Date

January 6, 2015

The Federal Trade Commission has approved a final amendment to its Cooling-Off Rule that increases the exclusionary limit for certain “door-to-door” sales. The Cooling-Off Rule previously provided...

Cases and Proceedings

Commission Letters

Commission Letter Approving Request Filed By the kidSAFE Seal Program To Change the kidSAFE Logo From "PRIVACY CERTIFIED" To "COPPA CERTIFIED"

Date

January 5, 2015

Commission Letter Approving Request Filed By the kidSAFE Seal Program To Change the kidSAFE Logo From "PRIVACY CERTIFIED" To "COPPA CERTIFIED" (76.03 KB)

Press Release

FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges Against Snapchat

Date

December 31, 2014

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that Snapchat deceived consumers with promises about the disappearing nature of messages...

Cases and Proceedings

Snapchat, Inc., In the Matter of

Type of Action

Administrative

Last Updated

December 31, 2014

FTC Matter/File Number

132 3078

Press Release

New FTC Video Advises Computer Users to Back Up Digital Files

Date

December 29, 2014

What’s worse than losing all the photos and important files on your computer? Knowing you could have prevented it. The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, advises...

Cases and Proceedings

DERMAdoctor, Inc.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

December 29, 2014

FTC Matter/File Number

132 3245

Press Release

FTC Charges Data Broker with Facilitating the Theft of Millions of Dollars from Consumers' Accounts

Date

December 23, 2014

A data broker operation sold the sensitive personal information of hundreds of thousands of consumers – including Social Security and bank account numbers – to scammers who allegedly debited millions...

Press Release

Marketers Settle FTC Charges That They Used Deceptive Ads In Promoting Products for Mole and Wart Removal, Anti-Aging and Weight Loss

Date

December 23, 2014

Two companies that market skin care and weight-loss products must stop making false or unsubstantiated deceptive claims about their products, under settlements resolving charges in two separate cases...

Press Release

FTC Halts Texas Auto Dealer’s Deceptive Ads

Date

December 23, 2014

An auto dealer in suburban Dallas has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it used deceptive ads to promote the sale and lease of its vehicles, including an ad that claimed consumers...

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment Before the Department of Defense (DoD) on Proposed Amendments to DoD’s Regulations Implementing the Military Lending Act

Date

December 22, 2014

Docket Number

DOD-2013-OS-0133

The Federal Trade Commission filed a comment on the Department of Defense’s proposed amendments to its regulation implementing the Military Lending Act (“MLA”). FTC staff supports DoD’s efforts to...

FTC Staff Comment Before the Department of Defense (DoD) on Proposed Amendments to DoD’s Regulations Implementing the Military Lending Act (132.54 KB)

Cases and Proceedings

Commission Letters

Letter From Maneesha Mithal, Associate Director, To BabyBus (Fujian) Network Technology Co., Ltd., Of Fujian, China, Notifying the Company That Several Of Its Mobile Applications Appear To Violate the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act

Date

December 22, 2014

Text of the Letter (2.39 MB)

Press Release

FTC Warns Children’s App Maker BabyBus About Potential COPPA Violations

Date

December 22, 2014

The FTC's letter notes that BabyBus does not get parents’ consent before collecting children’s personal information.

Press Release

FTC and Florida Close the Book on Fraudulent Business Directory Schemes

Date

December 22, 2014

The defendants in two online business directory schemes, one based in Montreal, the other in Oklahoma City, have been banned from the business directory business under settlements with the Federal...

Public Statement

The Procrustean Problem with Prescriptive Regulation – CommLaw Conspectus: Journal of Communications Law and Technology Policy

Date

December 22, 2014

The Procrustean Problem with Prescriptive Regulation – CommLaw Conspectus: Journal of Communications Law and Technology Policy (161.51 KB)

Cases and Proceedings

7051620 Canada, Inc.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

December 22, 2014

FTC Matter/File Number

142 3046

Press Release

T-Mobile to Pay At Least $90 Million, Including Full Consumer Refunds To Settle FTC Mobile Cramming Case

Date

December 19, 2014

Note: A conference call for media with FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection Director Jessica Rich, FCC Enforcement Bureau Director Travis LeBlanc and Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell occured as...

Press Release

Defendant in FTC Landline Phone Cramming Case Settles Charges

Date

December 17, 2014

One of the defendants behind a massive landline cramming operation that placed more than $70 million in unauthorized charges on consumers’ phone bills has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission...

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