Commission Actions

An X-rated Web operation that paid affiliates who used illegal e-mail to drive customers to its Web sites will pay a $413,000 civil penalty under a settlement reached with the FTC and the Department...

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...

The Federal Trade Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice announcing the rules and guide that it will review in 2008 under its routine regulatory review process. As...

A group of business opportunity marketers who told consumers they could make substantial income processing medical claims from home have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they...

The Federal Trade Commission has launched the 10th annual National Consumer Protection Week, March 2 – 8, 2008, in collaboration with federal, state, and local agencies and national consumer advocacy...

La Comisión Federal de Comercio (Federal Trade Commission, FTC) ha lanzado la 10ma Semana Nacional de Protección del Consumidor anual que tendrá lugar desde el 2 hasta el 8 de marzo de 2008. Está se...

As part of the Federal Trade Commission’s intensified efforts to protect consumers from mortgage foreclosure rescue scams, the agency has filed two lawsuits charging six individuals and their...