FTC Retains Children’s Online Privacy Protection (COPPA) Rule Without Changes The Federal Trade Commission today announced its decision to retain, without changes, the Children’s Online Privacy...

Commission authorization of the filing of staff comment:The Commission has authorized the staffs of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, Bureau of Economics, and Office of Policy Planning to file a...

Officials from the Federal Trade Commission and Canadian consumer protection agencies met in Ottawa today to kick off March as Fraud Prevention Month. The initiative is part of an international effort...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced it has obtained a temporary restraining order against a group of defendants running what has become known as the “Wal-Mart Shopping Spree” scam. The order...

Petition for approval of proposed divestiture: The Commission has received a petition from The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) requesting approval of a divestiture related to its recent acquisition of...

La Comisión Federal de Comercio (Federal Trade Commission, FTC) y sus colegas asociados del gobierno y de la industria tecnológica dieron a conocer hoy una nueva sección del sitio Web AlertaenLinea...

The Federal Trade Commission and its partners in government and the technology industry today unveiled a new section of the OnGuardOnline.gov website with tips and activities to help buyers and...

Motion to reopen and set aside final Commission order: The Commission has received a motion from Liberty Media Corporation (Liberty) requesting that the FTC reopen and set aside the final order in the...

In the largest known compromise of financial data to date, CardSystems Solutions, Inc. and its successor, Solidus Networks, Inc., doing business as Pay By Touch Solutions, have agreed to settle...

In the most recent case brought against a company for failing to stop calling consumers who asked to be put on the company’s own do not call list, the Federal Trade Commission today announced that...

On Thursday, April 27, 2006, the Federal Trade Commission, the Better Business Bureau Serving Metropolitan New York, and the Consumer Affairs Committee of the New York City Bar will present a half-day...

A Canadian defendant and his business are permanently banned from selling business directories and listings in those directories to U.S. consumers. To settle the Federal Trade Commission charges they...

During the 2005 holiday season, consumers reportedly purchased more than $18 billion worth of gift cards. The Federal Trade Commission tells consumers that gift cards, whether purchased from a...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today announced a series of reforms to the agency’s merger review process. The reforms are designed to reduce the costs and time required to...

A physicians’ independent practice association (IPA) in Texas has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it engaged in unlawful collective bargaining to set fees its members would...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today announced that the agency will host hearings this fall to examine the next generation of consumer issues to emerge in the high-tech global...

The Federal Trade Commission today told the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Product Safety, and Insurance that the agency is currently...

Petition for proposed divestiture: The Commission has received a petition from DaVita Inc. (DaVita) requesting approval of a proposed divestiture related to its recent acquisition of Gambro Healthcare...

The Federal Trade Commission has launched the eighth annual National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW), February 5-11, 2006, in cooperation with federal, state, and local agencies, and national advocacy...

The Federal Trade Commission , the United States Postal Inspection Service, and the Postal Service’s Consumer Advocate, are partnering with Royal Canadian Mounted Police, PhoneBusters and Canada’s...