February 5-11 is the week to focus on consumer protection! Each year, National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW) highlights consumer protection and education efforts across the country. During the week...

Consumer data broker ChoicePoint, Inc., which last year acknowledged that the personal financial records of more than 163,000 consumers in its database had been compromised, will pay $10 million in...

The Federal Trade Commission today released its annual report detailing consumer complaints about fraud and identity theft in 2005. Complaints about identity theft topped the list, accounting for 255...

FTC to Announce Multi-Million-Dollar Civil Penalty for Data Security Violations The Federal Trade Commission will hold a press conference on Thursday, January 26, 2006, at 11 am EST to announce a...

Commission approval of comment to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: The Commission has approved a comment to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) about economically sound ways to...

The Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), and Hispanic Chamber of Commerce for Ohio hosted a workshop in Cleveland today to continue a nationwide campaign to find more ways...

Under a settlement reached by the Federal Trade Commission and announced today, a Georgia-based corporation, Entrepreneurial Strategies, Ltd., and its chief executive officer, Dale Allison, Jr., will...

The Federal Trade Commission has charged an employment-opportunity scammer and his companies with marketing a fraudulent U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employment program. Through advertisements and...

Under a consent agreement announced today, the Federal Trade Commission will allow Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.’s (Teva) proposed acquisition of IVAX Corporation (IVAX), provided the companies...

The Federal Trade Commission and the United States Postal Inspection Service will hold a media availability, following a one-day workshop for law enforcement, government, and community groups, to...

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

The Federal Trade Commission today reiterated that despite the claims made in e-mails circulating on the Internet, consumers should not be concerned that their cell phone numbers will be released to...

Consumer reporting agency Far West Credit, Inc. will pay $120,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it did not follow reasonable procedures to assure the accuracy of the information in...

Commission authorization of filing of amended complaint: The Commission has authorized the staff to file an amended complaint in the matter currently pending against Cleverlink Trading Limited, et al...

A telemarketing operation selling tooth whitening kits and weight-loss patches will pay $463,000 in consumer redress and $11,000 in civil penalties to settle Federal Trade Commission charges. The FTC...

Publication of Federal Register notices: The Commission, by a vote of 5-0, has authorized publication of a Federal Register notice announcing the revised thresholds for the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust...

Consumers can test their knowledge about protecting their personal information and responding if their identity is stolen. The new quiz, available at www.onguardonline.gov/quiz, asks questions about...

Commission authorization of amicus brief filing: The Commission has authorized the staff to file an amicus brief opposing a proposed class action settlement in Chavez v. Netflix, Inc., No. CGC-04...

People may sleep better if the Federal Trade Commission succeeds in its effort to stop a marketer of adjustable beds from calling telephone numbers listed on the National Do Not Call (DNC) Registry...

Two operations that promoted spyware detection products by making bogus claims have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their claims were deceptive and violated federal law. Each...