The Federal Trade Commission is seeking comments on the uses of Social Security numbers in the private sector to reduce the overall incidence of ID theft, which often relies on SSNs. The FTC also...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged a group of Canadian telemarketers with deceiving U.S. consumers through the sale of telephone calling cards. According to the Commission, Fusion Telekom and...

The Federal Trade Commission today told the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, that the agency is conducting several fair lending investigations of...

The Federal Trade Commission, with assistance from local police and the United States Postal Inspection Service, today halted the operations of a massive, Largo, Florida-based telemarketing scheme...

The Federal Trade Commission today told the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform that consumer use of peer-to-peer file-sharing technology can be risky and discussed the work the FTC has...

The Federal Trade Commission today released a report presenting the results of a study concerning credit-based insurance scores and automobile insurance. The study found that these scores are...

Release of Commission report: The Commission, with the concurrence of the U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, has authorized the release of the Twenty-Ninth Annual Report to Congress...

Prohibited from Making False Earnings Claims, Similar Deceptions in the Future An operation that was charged with deceptively marketing candy vending machine business opportunities will give back $122...

Commission Clarification: On July 9, 2007, the Federal Trade Commission began issuing refund checks to certain customers of USA Immigration Services. The letter accompanying those checks stated that...

Three federal agencies and two associations of state regulators will cooperate in an innovative pilot project to conduct targeted consumer-protection compliance reviews of selected non-depository...

The Federal Trade Commission, together with other members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), today adopted a Recommendation on Consumer Dispute Resolution and Redress...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Health and Human Services will host a forum, “Weighing In: A Check-Up on Marketing, Self-Regulation, and Childhood Obesity,” to review progress in...

Commission approval of petition to reopen and set aside order: The Commission has approved a petition from Bruno’s Supermarkets to reopen and modify the final FTC decision and order in the matter of...

WHAT: A two-day conference that will bring together experts from the business, government, and technology sectors, consumer advocates, and academics to explore consumer protection issues surrounding...

Petitions for approval of proposed divestiture: The Commission has received two petitions from Service Corporation International (SCI) and Alderwoods Group, Inc. seeking approval of a proposed...

In the case against the cross-border advance-fee telemarketing scheme known as Centurion Financial Benefits, a federal district court – acting at the request of the Federal Trade Commission – has...

Commission approval of final consent orders: Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved a final consent order in the matter concerning DirectRevenue, LLC, et al. The Commission...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today announced that Michael A. Salinger, director of the Bureau of Economics for the past two years, will leave the FTC to return to the Boston...

The Federal Trade Commission has issued an administrative complaint challenging Whole Foods Market Inc.’s approximately $670 million acquisition of Wild Oats Markets Inc. The administrative complaint...

A new publication from the FTC has information that could help consumers save their homes and recognize and avoid foreclosure scams. The publication, “ Mortgage Payments Sending You Reeling? Here’s...