Commission Actions

Publication of Federal Register notice: The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice regarding the following: The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Privacy Act -- Safeguards...

Calls answered by the Federal Trade Commission's Identity Theft hotline have tripled in the last six months according to FTC testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Technology...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a modified consent agreement with the following: BP Amoco p.l.c., et al. The modification made...

Commission action regarding prior FTC order: The Commission has approved an action regarding a final order concerning the following: Hoechst AG, et al. The terms of FTC Docket No. C-3919, finalized on...

Action Loan Company, Inc., of Louisville, Kentucky, and its owner and president, Gus Goldsmith, have agreed to pay a $350,000 civil penalty and up to a total of $37,000 in consumer redress as part of...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a proposed settlement with a California-based debt collection agency, Performance Capital Management, Inc. (PCM), under which the company would be fined $2...