Press Releases

The Federal Trade Commission has stopped a scheme that allegedly bilked millions of dollars out of consumers burdened with student loan debt by pretending to be affiliated with the U.S. Department of...

The Federal Trade Commission is sending refunds totaling more than $72 million to consumers who were tricked by Epic Games, maker of the popular video game Fortnite, into making unwanted purchases. As...

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a petition by Cooperativa De Farmacias Puertorriqueñas, a Puerto Rican cooperative of independent pharmacy owners, to...

The Federal Trade Commission is sending payments totaling nearly $500,000 to consumers who were harmed by home security company Vivint Smart Homes, Inc., which allegedly misused credit reports to help...

The Federal Trade Commission today ordered building services contractor Guardian Service Industries, Inc. (Guardian) to stop enforcing a no-hire agreement that prohibits building owners and managers...

The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $114,000 to consumers who were deceived by “next day shipping” claims on badly needed personal protective equipment (PPE) by online seller...

The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against Gravy Analytics Inc. and its subsidiary Venntel Inc. for unlawfully tracking and selling sensitive location data from users, including selling...

The Federal Trade Commission will prohibit data broker Mobilewalla, Inc. from selling sensitive location data, including data that reveals the identity of an individual’s private home, to settle...

The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against IntelliVision Technologies Corp. for making false, misleading or unsubstantiated claims that its AI-powered facial recognition software was free...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a court order requiring GOAT, a leading online marketplace for sneakers, apparel, and accessories, to pay more than $2 million for violating an agency rule...

The Federal Trade Commission has issued its 2024 Report on Ethanol Market Concentration. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 directs the Commission to perform an annual review of market concentration in the...

The Federal Trade Commission has approved final amendments to its Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) that will extend the rule’s coverage to so-called “inbound” telemarketing calls made for technical...

The Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning, Hannah Garden-Monheit, issued the following statement in response to the decision by Union Health to delay its proposed...

A new paper from Federal Trade Commission staff finds that nearly 89% of products surveyed failed to disclose on their websites how long the products would receive software updates, which help ensure...

The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against Evolv Technologies over allegations that the company made false claims about the extent to which its AI-powered security screening system can...

The Federal Trade Commission is sending payments totaling nearly $1.9 million to consumers who were harmed by fake rental ads and deceptive promises of “free” credit reports from Credit Bureau Center...

The staff of the Federal Trade Commission have issued a report detailing key findings from the agency’s first-ever undercover Funeral Rule phone sweep, which found several funeral providers failed to...

The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $140,000 to consumers who were deceived by false Made in USA claims from New England-based clothing companies Chaucer Accessories and Bates...

The Federal Trade Commission will host a virtual public workshop on December 18, 2024, that will examine predatory pricing and its potential effects on consumers, competition, and innovation. The...

A federal court has ordered Harris Jewelry to reopen its claims process and renotify consumers, most of whom are active duty servicemembers, to submit their claims for refunds. The court found Harris...