I commend Secretary Ridge and the Department of Homeland Security for creating the National Cyber Security Division to help protect our critical infrastructure. The National Cyber Security Division...

A nonprofit corporation representing approximately 1,000 participating physicians in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas metropolitan area has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that...

Commission authorization of the staff to file Amicus Brief: The Commission has authorized the staff to file a motion for leave to file an amicus brief in the case Haese v. H&R Block, Inc., No. CV-96...

The Federal Trade Commission will host a workshop on June 18, 2003, to address the issue of the costs and benefits to consumers and businesses of consumer information collection and use. It will...

The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice today released an agenda for a session of their joint hearings on health care and competition law and policy to be held June 25-26, 2003. These...

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) promotes fairness, privacy, and accuracy in the consumer credit marketplace, the Federal Trade Commission testified today. "Overall, developments in the consumer...

The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice (DOJ) today released a detailed schedule for the sessions of their joint hearings on health care and competition law and policy to be held June...

The Federal Trade Commission "is committed to reviewing advertising for reduced risk tobacco products on a case-by-case basis to try to ensure that the information consumers receive about reduced risk...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that telephone registration for the National “Do Not Call” Registry will be accelerated, and will be available to consumers coast-to-coast during July 2003...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged Illinois-based marketers of a purported pain- relief product called the Q-Ray Ionized Bracelet (Q-Ray Bracelet) with making false and unsubstantiated claims...

The role of technology in helping consumers and businesses to protect consumer information is the focus of a Federal Trade Commission workshop titled “Technologies for Protecting Personal Information...

The Federal Trade Commission is warning consumers about an anonymous e-mail that’s full of false and misleading information about the use of their personal information. The e-mail has been widely...

A Toronto-based company is permanently barred from selling advance-fee credit cards and required to pay $1.3 million for consumer redress, as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission...

The Commission has filed an amicus brief jointly with the U.S. Department of Justice in the case Verizon Communications, Inc. v. Law Offices of Curtis V. Trinko, No. 02-682 (U.S. S. Ct.). The brief...

Two San Diego County, California, anesthesiologists groups have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they jointly agreed on certain fees and other competitively significant terms...

A finance company that allegedly used shady agents, deceptive contracts, and false claims to target thousands of would-be entrepreneurs will cancel $24 million in judgments allegedly obtained through...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a proposed consent order that would preserve competition in the market for the delivery of natural gas to the Kansas City area, while conditionally...

As part of its ongoing Spanish-language outreach program, the Federal Trade Commission has begun disseminating two audio public service announcements to more than 700 radio stations in the United...

The sixth session of the Federal Trade Commission/Department of Justice joint hearings on health care and competition law and policy will be held on Tuesday, May 27, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., on...

The Federal Trade Commission's Safeguards Rule, which implements the security provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, becomes effective today. As of today, financial institutions subject to the Rule...