FTC Halts Computer Spying
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Seven rent-to-own companies and a software design firm have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they spied on consumers using computers that consumers rented from them, capturing...
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FTC Releases Reports on Cigarette and Smokeless Tobacco Advertising and Promotion
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The amount spent on cigarette advertising and promotion by the largest cigarette companies in the United States declined from $9.94 billion in 2008 to $8.53 billion in 2009, and again to $8.05 billion...
FTC Closes Its Investigation Into Vivendi, S.A.'s Proposed Acquisition of EMI Recorded Music
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The Federal Trade Commission has closed its nonpublic investigation of the proposed acquisition by Vivendi, S.A., parent company of Universal Music Group, of EMI Recorded Music without taking any...
Bogus 'Platinum Credit Card' Sellers Will Pay $7.5 Million to Settle FTC Charges
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The operators of a Philadelphia-based telemarketing scheme will pay more than $7.5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they peddled bogus “platinum” credit cards and illegally...
FTC Finalizes Procedure Changes to Streamline Agency Investigative Processes and Keep Pace With Technology
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The Federal Trade Commission today issued final changes to agency procedure that will streamline the FTC’s investigatory process, make updates to keep pace with electronic evidence discovery, and...
Chicago Funeral Home Agrees to Settle FTC Charges for Funeral Rule Violations
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A Chicago funeral home operator has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that he violated the Funeral Rule, which helps to ensure that people have the information they need to compare...
FTC Reopens Public Comment Period for Pet Medications Workshop
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The Federal Trade Commission has reopened the public comment period for next month's workshop focusing on competition and consumer protection issues in the pet medications industry, and will now...
FTC Action Halts Debt Relief Marketing Operation
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At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court halted a purported debt relief operation that allegedly contacted consumers through prerecorded telemarketing calls, falsely claimed it would...
Two Online Placement Services for Senior Care Centers Settle FTC Charges
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Two companies that recommend long-term care facilities for senior citizens have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they misled consumers to think that they had researched the...
FTC Reminds People Entering the Diversity Visa Lottery:Understand the Steps So You Can Avoid Scam
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Every year, scam artists target immigrants who enter the U.S. Department of State’s Diversity Visa Lottery Program. The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, says...
FTC Tells House Panel that Enforcing the Fair Credit Reporting Act Remains a Priority of the Agency
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The Federal Trade Commission told a House subcommittee that strong enforcement of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) remains a top priority for the FTC, and that the agency is committed to educating...
FTC Staff Makes Recommendations to FERC on Measures to Reduce Cost of Providing Electricity, Improve Power System Reliability
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The Federal Trade Commission’s staff submitted a comment to the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recommending ways to lower the barriers faced by companies seeking to enter regional and local...
FTC Announces Agenda for Upcoming Pet Meds Workshop
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The Federal Trade Commission has posted an agenda for next month’s workshop focusing on the pet medications industry in the United States. FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz is scheduled to provide opening...
FTC Charges Second "Affiliate Network" of Internet Advertisers with Deceiving Consumers by Using Fake News Sites to Market Acai Berry Weight-Loss Products and Colon Cleansers
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged the Coleadium, Inc. affiliate network which uses the name “Ads4Dough,” and its owner, with recruiting affiliate marketers that made deceptive claims on fake...
FTC Proposes Changes to its Care Labeling Rule for Clothing
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As part of the Federal Trade Commission's systematic review of all current FTC rules and guides, the FTC is seeking public comment on proposed changes to the FTC Rule that requires manufacturers and...
FTC Returns More than $2 Million to Buyers of the "Google Money Tree" Work-at-Home Scam
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 93,086 refund checks totaling nearly $2.3 million to consumers who allegedly were charged hidden fees tied to a bogus work-at-home product. In July 2009, the...
FTC Finalizes Privacy Settlement with Myspace
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling FTC charges that Myspace misrepresented its protection of users’ personal information. The...
FTC Takes Action Against Companies Marketing Allegedly Unproven Natural Bed Bug and Head Lice Treatments
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The Federal Trade Commission filed deceptive advertising charges against two marketers of remedies for bed bug infestations, who allegedly failed to back up overhyped claims that they could prevent...
Subsidiary of Diet Plan Marketer Medifast Inc. to Pay $3.7 Million to Settle FTC Charges
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A subsidiary of diet plan marketer Medifast Inc. will pay a $3.7 million civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated a previous agency order by making unsupported claims...
FTC Proposes Changes to its Fur Labeling Rules
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The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on changes the agency is proposing that would eliminate unnecessary requirements on companies that sell fur products to give them more...
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