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Enforceable Codes of Conduct: Protecting Consumers Across Borders
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a forum on using enforceable industry codes of conduct to protect consumers in cross-border commerce. Such systems, where government entities, businesses...
FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges Against Marketer Brain-Pad, Inc. for Allegedly Deceptive Claims that Its Mouthguards Can Reduce Risk of Concussions
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission finalized an order settling charges that mouthguard marketer Brain-Pad, Inc. and its President Joseph Manzo made deceptive claims that...
FTC Warns Hotel Operators that Price Quotes that Exclude 'Resort Fees' and Other Mandatory Surcharges May Be Deceptive
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The Federal Trade Commission has warned 22 hotel operators that their online reservation sites may violate the law by providing a deceptively low estimate of what consumers can expect to pay for their...
FTC Action Leads to Court Order: Fake 'Yellow Pages' Scammers Must Pay $10.2 Million
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UPDATE The FTC has learned that certain organizations, including Factoring International AG, Direct Factoring EOOD, Marketing Administration Ltd., and Marketing Services & Business Administration Ltd...
Yellow Page Marketing B.V., et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
112 3119
X110044
LabMD, Inc. & Michael Daugherty
Type of Action
Process Enforcement
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
1023099
Case Status
Closed
FTC Announces Agenda for Workshop Exploring Practices, Privacy Implications of Comprehensive Collection of Web Data
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The Federal Trade Commission announced a preliminary agenda for The Big Picture: Comprehensive Data Collection, a workshop that will explore the practices and privacy implications of comprehensive...
Statement by FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection Director David Vladeck Regarding Judges Approval of Google Safari Settlement
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Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Consumer Protection Director David Vladeck issued the following statement regarding a federal judge’s approval of the FTC proposed order and $22.5 million civil...
FTC Warns Mortgage Advertisers that Their Ads May Violate Federal Law
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After reviewing hundreds of mortgage advertisements, the Federal Trade Commission staff has sent letters to 20 companies, warning them that their ads may be deceptive. The FTC sent its warning letters...
FTC Warns Consumers: Robocalls Touting Expedited FTC Refunds Are Fake
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Scammers are using illegal robocalls to impersonate the Federal Trade Commission, and to try to trick consumers into disclosing their bank account information on a non-FTC website, the agency warns...
FTC and CFPB to Announce Coordinated Effort to Protect Consumers
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WHAT: On Monday, November 19, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will hold a press call to announce a coordinated effort to protect consumers. The...
FTC Expands Fight Against Deceptive Business Opportunity Schemes
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced seven new law enforcement actions and developments in five other FTC cases involving scams that falsely promise jobs and opportunities to be your own boss...
FTC Announces Expanded Fight to Stop Deceptive Business Opportunity Schemes
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a press conference in Washington, DC, on Thursday, November 15, 2012, at 11 a.m. ET to announce a major federal-state law enforcement crackdown on scams that...
FTC Issues Performance and Accountability Report for Fiscal Year 2012
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The Federal Trade Commission has issued its Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Performance and Accountability Report. The report shows American taxpayers how the FTC has managed its resources, highlights major...
Marketers Behind Fake News Sites Settle FTC Charges of Deceptive Advertising
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The Clickbooth affiliate network has agreed to pay $2 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its affiliate marketers deceived consumers through bogus weight-loss claims on fake news...
FTC Announces Departure of General Counsel Willard K. Tom, Appointments of David Shonka as Acting General Counsel and Peter Miller as Chief Privacy Officer
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz today announced that Willard K. “Will” Tom, the agency’s General Counsel, has left the agency to return to the private sector, and that David Shonka...
FTC Announces Agenda for Upcoming Forum on Protecting Consumers Through Cross-Border Codes of Conduct
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The Federal Trade Commission announced the agenda for its November 29 forum exploring the use of enforceable industry codes of conduct to protect consumers in cross-border commerce. The forum will...
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