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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.



FTC Warns Consumers to Beware of Pitfalls When Choosing Pre-paid Phone Cards ..Click here to read more of this article.
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National Do Not Call Registry Tops 200 Million Phone Numbers ..Discover more information on this subject.
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Deceptive Marketers Banned from Selling Mortgage Relief Services; One Defendant Ordered to Pay $11.5 Million ..Read full article by clicking here.
Eight marketers are banned from selling mortgage modification or foreclosure relief services under settlements with the Federal Trade Commission. Read more about this news.
Marketers of "Rapid Debt Reduction" Program To Pay $1.5 Million for Falsely Claiming They Could Lower Consumers' Interest Rates ..Find out more on this topic. Click here.
Defendants Permanently Banned from Marketing Debt Relief Services Jump to this feature by clicking the title.
FTC, OECD Announce New Policymaking Guide To Help Consumer and Regulatory Authorities Around the World ..Click here to read more of this article.
FTC Hosts Roundtable Discussion Featuring U.S. Ambassador to OECD Use the link in the article title to view the entire news article.
FTC to Host Roundtable Discussion on New OECD Publication: Consumer Policy Toolkit ..Discover more information on this subject.
The Consumer Policy Toolkit will help government policy makers around the world who strive to protect and empower consumers in an increasingly complex global marketplace. Read more on this by following the linked text in the title above.
Fidelity National Financial Settles FTC Charges that its Acquisition of LandAmerica Subsidiaries Reduced Competition in Title Information Markets ..View complete feature using this link.
To settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its 2008 acquisition of three LandAmerica Financial, Inc. subsidiaries was anticompetitive, Fidelity National Financial, Inc. will sell several title plants and related assets in the Portland, Oregon, and Detroit, Michigan, metropolitan areas, and in four other Oregon counties. Use the link in the article title to view the entire news article.
Dietary Supplement Maker to Pay $5.5 Million to Settle FTC False Advertising Charges ..Full text of this featured news article.
FTC Challenges Claims that Supplements Cause Weight Loss and Treat or Prevent Colds, Flu, Allergies, and Hay Fever For additional details, please follow the link contained in the title.
Nestlé Subsidiary to Settle FTC False Advertising Charges; Will Drop Deceptive Health Claims for BOOST Kid Essentials ..Find out more on this topic. Click here.
Case Involving Drink for Kids Is Agency’s First Challenging Deceptive Probiotic Advertising Read more on this by following the linked text in the title above.
FTC Mails Redress Checks to Borrowers Misled By Chase Financial Funding, Inc.'s Allegedly Deceptive Mortgage Ads ..Learn more about this news item.
The Federal Trade Commission is distributing refund checks to borrowers lured by a firm charged with deceptively advertising that it offered 3.5 percent, fixed-payment, 30-year mortgage loans. Read more on this by following the linked text in the title above.