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August 10, 2004

August 9, 2004

Pop-up Ad Spammers Settle FTC Charges

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An operation that used a feature called the “Windows Messenger Service,” which is part of the Microsoft Windows operating system, to barrage consumers’ computers with pop-up ads for the pop-up...

August 7, 2004

August 6, 2004

Announced Action for August 6, 2004

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Commission authorization of staff amicus brief filing: The Commission has authorized the staff to file a joint amicus brief in Spano, et al. v. SAFECO Insurance Co. of America, et al., No 04-35313...

August 5, 2004

FTC Releases Consumer Fraud Survey

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The Federal Trade Commission today released a statistical survey of fraud in the United States that shows that nearly 25 million adults – 11.2 percent of the adult population – were victims of fraud...

Spano v. SAFECO Insurance Co

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Citation Number
04-35313
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
The Commission argued that the district court erred in its interpretation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act when it held that an insurance company cannot take “adverse action” against a consumer, as...