Commission Actions

Scheme operators who deceptively advertised a free 800 number dating service and then worked with a so-called "billing aggregator" to "cram" unauthorized charges of $3.99 a minute onto callers' phone...

Timothy J. Muris, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, will unveil the agency's Privacy Agenda on October 4, 2001 during a speech at the Privacy 2001 Conference in Cleveland, Ohio. The FTC's...

The Commission has received an application from America Online/Time Warner, Inc. (AOLTW) requesting approval of a non-affiliated Internet service provider (ISP) and alternative cable broadband service...

WHO: Timothy J. Muris, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission, cyberlawyers and investigators from the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection. WHAT: Press availability to unveil a law enforcement initiative...

Staff of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Economics, Bureau of Consumer Protection, and Office of Policy Planning support a proposal by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to survey patients...

An adult Web site company that illegally billed consumers' credit cards and phone bills without their authorization has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the practices violated...

The most senior antitrust officials of the United States (Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy Muris, Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Charles James) and the European Union (Commissioner...

An interagency-sponsored public workshop on Gramm-Leach-Bliley (GLB) Act privacy notices will be held on Tuesday, December 4, 2001, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Federal Trade Commission, 600...

Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement regarding the following: Warner Communications, Inc. (The Three Tenors). The Commission vote to approve the...