Grade A Nutraceuticals (CannaPure CBD Oil)
Date
By
Carolyn L. Hann, Chief of Staff, Bureau of Consumer Protection
File
Resolution Letter
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Zero Gravity Skin (Perfectio medical devices)
Date
By
Carolyn L. Hann, Chief of Staff, Bureau of Consumer Protection
File
Resolution Letter
(197 KB)
Report
Staff Perspective Paper on FTC's Strictly Business Forum
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File
Text of the Staff Perspective Paper
(153.9 KB)
FTC Staff Perspective Recaps Small Business Financing Forum
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A new paper from the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection provides a look at the information covered in the FTC’s “Strictly Business” forum on small business financing. The staff...
Operator of Fraudulent Debt Collection Scheme Settles With FTC, New York
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The operator of a debt collection scheme has settled claims by the Federal Trade Commission and New York Attorney General that he and the companies he controlled lied to consumers about how much debt...
FTC Sends Refund Checks to Tech Support Scam Victims
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The Federal Trade Commission will begin sending refunds totaling more than $1.7 million to consumers who were victims of a tech support scam. The scam tricked consumers into buying tech support...
FTC Refunding Consumers Defrauded by Cognitive Improvement Claims
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 27,174 refund checks totaling over $551,000 to consumers who purchased deceptively marketed “cognitive improvement” supplements. According to the FTC’s April...
FTC Releases 2019 Privacy and Data Security Update
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The Federal Trade Commission today released its annual privacy and security update for 2019 , highlighting a record year for enforcement actions aimed at protecting consumer privacy and data security...
Global Community Innovations LLC, et al. (Geniux)
In April 2019, the FTC announced that 16 defendants settled charges that they deceptively marketed “cognitive improvement” supplements using sham news websites containing false and unsubstantiated efficacy claims, references to non-existent clinical studies, and fraudulent consumer and celebrity endorsements. The FTC also alleged the defendants used affiliate marketers to make deceptive claims for products including Geniux, Xcel, EVO, and Ion-Z. The settlements ban the defendants from engaging in similar conduct in the future. In February 2020, the Commission announced it was sending refund checks totaling over $551,000 to defrauded consumers.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
162 3135
Click4Support, LLC
A federal court has granted a request by the Federal Trade Commission to shut down a tech support scam that allegedly bilked consumers out of more than $17 million by pretending to represent Microsoft, Apple and other major tech companies.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
152 3172
X160004
Report
Privacy & Data Security Update for 2019
Date
File
Privacy & Data Security Update for 2019
(1.13 MB)
FTC Staff Provides Annual Letter to CFPB On Equal Credit Opportunity Act Activities
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The staff of the Federal Trade Commission has provided the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) with an annual summary of its activities enforcing the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA). The...
FTC Sending More Than $34 Million in Refunds to Office Depot Customers
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The Federal Trade Commission is sending refund checks totaling more than $34 million to consumers who allegedly were tricked by Office Depot, Inc. and a software provider into buying computer repair...
Federal Register Notice
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension (Risk-Based Pricing Rule)
Date
Office Depot, Inc.
Office Depot, Inc. and its tech support software provider Support.com, Inc., settled Federal Trade Commission allegations that the two companies tricked customers into buying millions of dollars' worth of computer repair and technical services by deceptively claiming their software had found malware on the customers' computers.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
172 3023
Jul13
Information Security and Financial Institutions: FTC Workshop to Examine Safeguards Rule
This past event was held online only. The workshop will explore some of the issues raised in response to amendments the FTC has proposed making to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act’s Safeguards Rule, which...
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