FTC Bars Bogus Anti-Spyware Claims
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An operation that offered consumers free spyware detection scans that “detected” spyware even if there was not any, to market anti-spyware software that does not work has been barred from making...
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Federal Trade Commission Staff Cites Opposition to North Dakota PBM Bill
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In a comment submitted to North Dakota State Senator Richard L. Brown at his request, staff of the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning, Bureau of Economics, and Bureau of Competition...
International Consumer Protection Group Meets in Scotland To Address Cross-Border Fraud Developments
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The Federal Trade Commission and members of the International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network (ICPEN) met in Edinburgh, Scotland, on March 9-10 to discuss the progress of international...
Internet Service Provider Settles FTC Privacy Charges
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An Internet company that provides shopping cart software to online merchants has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it rented personal information about merchants’ customers to...
FTC Testifies on Data Security and Identity Theft
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The Federal Trade Commission testified today before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs about the reach of existing federal laws that require certain information providers...
Announced Actions for March 8, 2005
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Petition to reopen and set aside order: The Commission has received a petition to reopen and set aside an existing consent order from Entergy-Koch, LLC (EKLP), in connection with FTC Docket No. C-3998...
FTC to Host OECD Workshop on Dispute Resolution and Consumer Redress
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On April 19-20, 2005, the Federal Trade Commission will host a workshop to examine approaches to consumer dispute resolution and redress around the world. The workshop, sponsored by the Organization...
FTC Releases Radio Frequency Identification Workshop Report
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The staff of the Federal Trade Commission today released a report summarizing the issues and drawing some conclusions from its June 2004 workshop, “Radio Frequency Identification: Applications and...
FTC Releases Staff Report on Spyware Workshop
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The Federal Trade Commission today released a staff report summarizing the issues and drawing some conclusions from its April 2004 workshop, “Monitoring Software on Your PC: Spyware, Adware, and Other...
FTC Seeks Court Order to Force Blockbuster to Comply with Premerger Rules
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The Federal Trade Commission today filed a motion in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, pursuant to Section 7A(g)(2) of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 18a(g)(2), to require Blockbuster...
Mortgage Company Settles FTC Charges
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A mortgage company identified during a nationwide sweep monitoring compliance with federal privacy laws has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that it failed to adequately protect customers’...
FTC, Industry Group Sponsor Advertising Law Workshop in Chicago
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On Tuesday, March 22, 2005, the Federal Trade Commission and the Electronic Retailing Association will host the seventh in the FTC’s series of back-to-basics workshops about complying with truth-in...
Canadian Defendants Charged with Bilking U.S. Consumers in Nationwide Business Directory Scam
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged several Canadian-based companies and their principals with targeting United States consumers in a scheme to trick them into paying for unordered business...
South Carolina Doctors Group Barred from Fixing Prices
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Under a consent order announced today by the Federal Trade Commission, Preferred Health Services, Inc. (Preferred Health), a physician-hospital organization consisting of more than 100 doctors and the...
The Enforma System Infomercial Producers Settle FTC Charges
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California infomercial producer Modern Interactive Technology, Inc. (MIT), and its two principals, Mark Levine and David Richmond, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they had...
Announced Action for March 1, 2005
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Issuance of Commission report: The Commission has issued its annual report to the Federal Reserve Board on FTC enforcement actions in 2004 related to the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), Consumer Leasing...
Protecting Competition, FTC Clears Cytecs $1.8 Billion Acquisition of UCB S.A.s Surface Specialties Division
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced it has allowed Cytec Industries, Inc.’s (Cytec) proposed $1.8 billion acquisition of the Surface Specialties Business of Belgium’s UCB S.A., provided Cytec...
William Blumenthal Appointed FTC General Counsel
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today announced that William Blumenthal will join the agency as General Counsel. Blumenthal, currently a partner in the antitrust and trade...
FTC, Spanish Data Protection Agency Working Together to Fight Illegal Spam
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The Federal Trade Commission and Spain’s Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD) today signed a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote enhanced cooperation and information...
Capital City Mortgage Settles FTC Charges
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A mortgage lender and servicer has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceptively induced consumers into taking loans secured by their homes, overcharged borrowers, and, in some...
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