Every year the FTC brings hundreds of cases against individuals and companies for violating consumer protection and competition laws that the agency enforces. These cases can involve fraud, scams, identity theft, false advertising, privacy violations, anti-competitive behavior and more. The Legal Library has detailed information about cases we have brought in federal court or through our internal administrative process, called an adjudicative proceeding.
America Online, Inc., and CompuServe Interactive Services, Inc.,In the Matter of
Online Behavioral Advertising: Letter to House of Representatives Subcommittees
Concurring Statement of Commissioner Jon Leibowitz, FTC Staff Report: Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising
Concurring Statement of Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour, FTC Staff Report: Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising
Online Behavioral Advertising: Moving the Discussion Forward to Possible Self-Regulatory Principles: Statement of the Bureau of Consumer Protection Proposing Governing Principles For Online Behavioral Advertising and Requesting Comment
America Online, Inc., and Time Warner Inc.
AOL and Time Warner Inc. settled Commission concerns relating to their proposed merger. The order requires AOL Time Warner to open its cable system to competitor internet service providers. In addition, the company is prohibited from interfering with content passed along the bandwidth contracted for by non- affiliated internet service providers; and prohibited from interfering with the ability of non- affiliated providers of interactive television services to interact with interactive signals that AOL Time Warner agreed to carry.