Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP printer cartridges)
Date
By
Mary K. Engle, Associate Director
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Text of the Letter
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Apr28
Debt Collection 2.0 – Protecting Consumers as Technologies Change
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a day-long public workshop to consider the impact of technological advances on the consumer debt collection system. The workshop will explore how changing...
Interagency Working Group Seeks Input on Proposed Voluntary Principles for Marketing Food to Children
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In an effort to combat childhood obesity – the most serious health crisis facing today’s youth – a working group of four federal agencies today released for public comment a set of proposed voluntary...
FTC Releases Agenda for Telephone Bill Cramming Forum
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The Federal Trade Commission has announced the agenda for its day-long public forum in Washington, D.C., on May 11, 2011, to examine telephone bill cramming and explore possible solutions to reduce...
FTC Returns $1.5 Million to Consumers from Mortgage Lender Charged With Illegally Discriminating Against Hispanic Borrowers
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On April 22, 2011, an administrator working for the Federal Trade Commission mailed 3,162 refund checks to borrowers allegedly harmed by Golden Empire Mortgage, Inc. and Howard D. Kootstra. The refund...
FTC to Hold Workshop on Ways to Protect Consumers As Debt Collection Technologies Change
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On Thursday, April 28, 2011, the Federal Trade Commission will host a workshop about the impact that technological advances are having on the nation’s consumer debt collection system. The workshop...
Golden Empire Mortgage, Inc., a corporation, et al., FTC
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
0623061
FTC Seeks to Halt 10 Operators of Fake News Sites from Making Deceptive Claims About Acai Berry Weight Loss Products
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The Federal Trade Commission is requesting federal courts to temporarily halt the allegedly deceptive tactics of 10 operations using fake news websites to market acai berry weight-loss products. The...
FTC Files Contempt Charges Against Marketer of Credit Repair, Debt Relief, Food Stamp Services
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The Federal Trade Commission has filed contempt charges against a promoter of credit repair and debt relief services and three of his companies, alleging that they continued their deceptive marketing...
FTC Cracks Down on Fake News Websites Used toAdvertise Acai Berry Weight-Loss Pills
Date
Millions of consumers are being lured to websites that imitate those of reputable news organizations. The “reporters” on these sites supposedly have done independent evaluations of acai berry...
FTC Returns $2.3 Million to Consumers; Mortgage Foreclosure Rescue Scam Victims Receive Full Refunds
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An administrator working for the Federal Trade Commission has mailed 1,410 refund checks to consumers allegedly defrauded by Home Assure LLC, a so-called mortgage foreclosure rescue service. The FTC...
FTC Charges Marketers with Billing Consumers Without Their Consent; Tricked People Who Were Seeking Payday Loans
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The Federal Trade Commission charged two men and their companies with unfairly and deceptively billing consumers without their consent, and not providing promised refunds, in violation of federal law...
OnGuardOnline.gov Urges Taxpayers to Contact the IRS If They Suspect Tax-Related Identity Theft
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OnGuardOnline.gov, a partnership of fourteen federal agencies managed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), is informing consumers that an unexpected message from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)...
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Protecting Social Security Numbers From Identity Theft
Date
By
Maneesha Mithal, Associate Director
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Testimony
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FTC Testifies on Protecting Social Security Numbers;Millions of Consumers are Victims of Identity Theft Each Year
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The Federal Trade Commission today told a House subcommittee that millions of consumers are victims of identity theft each year at a cost of billion of dollars and countless hours of consumers’ time...
FTC Settlement Imposes $100,000 Fine Against Online Retailer for Failing to Post Required EnergyGuide Information for Appliances
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An online appliance retailer has agreed to pay a $100,000 penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it failed to post required EnergyGuide information on its websites to inform consumers...
Universal Appliances, Kitchens and Baths, Inc.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
1023042
Apr12
The Road Ahead: Selling, Financing & Leasing Motor Vehicles
The Federal Trade Commission is holding a series of roundtable events and requesting public comment to gather information on possible consumer protection issues that may arise in the sale, financing...
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