Congress has passed the “Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act” to combat deceptive online sales tactics that keep charging consumers for goods and services until they cancel their membership. In so...

At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal judge has halted an operation that allegedly tricked people into paying a $20 fee to collect a fake multi-million-dollar sweepstakes prize. The...

The Federal Trade Commission has ruled unanimously that Polypore International, Inc.’s 2008 acquisition of a rival manufacturer of battery components was anticompetitive, and ordered Polypore to...

As part of its ongoing efforts to stop bogus health claims, the Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement requiring major marketers of children’s vitamins to stop making false and unproven...

Congress has passed legislation resolving the uncertainty it created when it directed the federal financial institution regulatory agencies and the Federal Trade Commission to develop the Identity...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced it is seeking public comments on whether and how to strengthen the Caller ID provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule. By requiring telemarketers to...

At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a U.S. district court has approved a settlement shutting down two groups of Florida-based telemarketers that allegedly flooded consumers with misleading pre...

A deceptive advertising operation has been banned from the debt relief business under a settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission. As part of a continuing crackdown on scams that target...

The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, has tips for businesses on how to safeguard sensitive data stored on the hard drives of digital copiers. Here are the highlights...

The market for ethanol fuel in the United States is still unconcentrated, with 160 firms nationwide either producing ethanol or likely to be in production within the next 18 months, according to the...

The Federal Trade Commission told Congress today that while the Commission recognizes that consumers may benefit in certain ways from the practice of tracking consumers online to serve targeted...

As part of its continuing crackdown on scams that target consumers in financial distress, the Federal Trade Commission has charged three debt relief operations with making unsubstantiated claims to...

The Federal Trade Commission will host a press conference in Dallas on Thursday, December 2, at 11 a.m. CST (noon EST) to announce law enforcement actions to protect consumers coping with the economic...

The Federal Trade Commission will issue a report on privacy at 11 a.m. today, outlining a new framework for consumers, businesses and policymakers. Following the announcement of the report, the FTC’s...

As part of its ongoing efforts to ensure competition in U.S. health care markets, the Federal Trade Commission today challenged Laboratory Corporation of America’s $57.5 million acquisition of rival...

The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s chief privacy policy and enforcement agency for 40 years, issued a preliminary staff report today that proposes a framework to balance the privacy interests...

The Federal Trade Commission testified today before Congress on how it protects and promotes competition in the health care industry to help make sure U.S. consumers get high-quality care at...

EchoMetrix, Inc., has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that it failed to adequately inform parents using its web monitoring software that information collected about their children would be...

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on an application by Agrium Inc. to reopen and set aside two FTC Orders. Under the first Order, Agrium, an agricultural products supplier, agreed...

The Chairman, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, and Chief Technologist of the Federal Trade Commission will hold a telephone media availability on Wednesday, December 1, at 1 p.m...