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New FTC Videos Help Consumers Spot Phishing Scams
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The Federal Trade Commission has released three 60-second videos to help alert consumers to phishing scams. Phishing uses deceptive spam to trick consumers into divulging sensitive or personal...
FTC, Better Business Bureau to Sponsor Advertising Event in Minneapolis
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A one-day “back-to-basics” workshop on complying with truth-in-advertising laws is being presented in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Thursday, April 24, 2008, by the Federal Trade Commission and Better...
The Truth About Cell Phones and the Do Not Call Registry
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The Federal Trade Commission today reiterated that despite the claims made in e-mails circulating on the Internet, consumers should not be concerned that their cell phone numbers will be released to...
Agency Announces Settlement of Separate Actions Against Retailer TJX, and Data Brokers Reed Elsevier and Seisint for Failing to Provide Adequate Security for Consumers Data
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In two unrelated Federal Trade Commission actions, discount retailer TJX and data brokers Reed Elsevier and Seisint have agreed to settle charges that each engaged in practices that, taken together...
Advisory opinion on whether the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act prohibits a debt collector from notifying a consumer of settlement options that may be available to avoid foreclosure
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Response to request by U.S. Foreclosure Network regarding whether the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act prohibits a debt collector from notifying a consumer of settlement options that may be...
ValueClick, Inc., Hi-Speed Media, Inc., and E-Babylon, Inc., U.S. (for the FTC)
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
072-3111
072-3158
ValueClick to Pay $2.9 Million to Settle FTC Charges
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Online advertiser ValueClick, Inc., will pay a record $2.9 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its advertising claims and e-mails were deceptive and violated federal law. The...
Judgment Entered Against Spyware Scammer
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A federal judge has granted the Federal Trade Commission’s request for a default judgment against a software developer who helped scammers infect millions of computers with destructive and intrusive...
Student Lender Settles FTC Charges That It Failed to Safeguard Sensitive Consumer Information and Misrepresented Its Security Practices
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A student loan company has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it failed to provide reasonable and appropriate security for consumers’ sensitive personal information in violation of...
7 Day Marketing, Inc., Anthony Paris DeAguero a/k/a The Healthman, et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
062-3234
Holiday Enterprises, Inc., Holiday Ink, Inc., et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
062-3106
Herbs Nutrition Corporation and Syed M. Jafry, In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
072-3147
Docket Number
9325
BlueHippo Defendants Will Pay up to $5 Million to Settle FTC Charges
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Two companies that offer to finance the sale of personal computers to consumers with poor credit ratings have agreed to pay up to $5 million for consumer redress to settle Federal Trade Commission...
Court Finds Payment Processor in Contempt, Issues Warrant for His Arrest
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At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, Judge James S. Moody, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, has issued an order dated January 30, 2008...
Ingenix, Inc., In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
062 3190
Milliman, Inc., In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
062-3189
Feb06
Charting the Future Course of International Technical Assistance
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For nearly two decades, the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice have actively promoted market competition around the world by providing technical...
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