Commission Actions

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras will host a press conference on Wednesday, November 7 at 10:30 am in Washington, DC, to announce the results of a law enforcement sweep...

The Federal Trade Commission today released staff comments to the federal banking agencies – the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the...

The Federal Trade Commission and the federal financial institution regulatory agencies have sent to the Federal Register for publication final rules on identity theft “red flags” and address...

WHAT: Two day Town Hall to address consumer protection issues raised by tracking of consumers’ activities online to target online advertising - behavioral advertising. WHEN: November 1-2, 2007 WHERE...

Universal Advertising, Inc., and its owner, Paul E. Porter, have agreed to settle charges that they misled consumers into paying thousands of dollars for a venture they claimed would generate...

A Las Vegas company and businessman, accused of deceptively marketing a business opportunity involving dubious “asset protection” services, are banned from selling business ventures and from marketing...

The Federal Trade Commission today released a statistical survey of fraud in the United States that shows that 30.2 million adults – 13.5 percent of the adult population – were victims of fraud during...