Government Newspaper.
Your Source for Daily Government News, Information and Research
The US Federal Trade Commission is the agency of the federal government responsible for protecting the rights, privileges and safety of consumers. The FTC was created in 1914 to protect the public from unfair business practices. Today the Federal Trade Commission is the agency with the most widespread responsibility for regulating advertising. The FTC is the primary enforcement agency for many federal consumer protection laws, and also provides a variety of consumer education materials. The FTC regulates e-commerce activities including commercial email, online advertising and consumer privacy and is the federal clearinghouse for identity theft complaints. The Federal Trade Commission has the power to regulate trade practices, including advertising, by making rules and instituting actions against companies that violate federal consumer protection laws that prohibit unfair or deceptive acts or practices.
The Federal Trade Commission today released the agenda for its final roundtable on consumer privacy issues scheduled for March 17, 2010, at the FTC Conference Center, 601 New Jersey Ave, NW Washington DC, 20001.
Read more about this news.
LifeLock, Inc. has agreed to pay $11 million to the Federal Trade Commission and $1 million to a group of 35 state attorneys general to settle charges that the company used false claims to promote its identity theft protection services, which it widely advertised by displaying the CEOs Social Security number on the side of a truck.
Read the whole article for full details
Agency is Seeking Public Comments on Proposed Rule Through May 14, 2010
If you find this of interest, please read the full feature.
The Federal Trade Commission will distribute more than 5,700 refund checks totaling approximately $3 million to consumers who bought infrared saunas and dietary supplements from Roex, Inc., based on bogus claims that the products would treat, prevent, or cure a wide range of serious diseases.
Use the link in the article title to view the entire news article.
The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comments on applications filed by the Divestiture Trustee to divest two stores pursuant to the Commissions March 5, 2009 order, which was issued to help restore the competition lost by Whole Foods Market Inc.s 2007 acquisition of Wild Oats Market, Inc. Get more information on this topic by clicking on the link.
The chief executive officer of a payment processing company will be banned from the business as part of a settlement resolving Federal Trade Commission charges that the company illegally debited millions of dollars in bogus charges from consumers bank accounts.
Read more on this by following the linked text in the title above.
A U.S. district court judge has ordered a halt to the illegal practices of an Internet services company that crammed unauthorized charges onto the telephone bills of thousands of consumers and small businesses for services they never agreed to buy.
If you find this of interest, please read the full feature.
When drug companies agree not to compete, consumers lose, said Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz.
Jump to this feature by clicking the title.
FTC Warns of Improper Release of Sensitive Consumer Data on P2P File-Sharing Networks Get more information on this topic by clicking on the link.
The Federal Trade Commission today announced it has settled charges that Ticketmaster and its affiliates used deceptive bait-and-switch tactics to sell event tickets to consumers.
Read more about this news.