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Privacy & Data Security Update (2013)
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An overview of the FTC’s enforcement, policy initiatives, and consumer outreach and business guidance in the areas of privacy and data security, from January 2013-March 2014.
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Privacy & Data Security Update (2013)
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ADT LLC, In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
122 3121
FTC Stops Scammers Who Targeted Spanish-speaking Consumers and Sent Unwanted or Defective Products and Then Refused to Return Consumers’ Money
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At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal judge has temporarily halted and frozen the assets of an operation that swindled Spanish-speaking consumers across the country by routinely sending...
Countrywide Periodicals, LLC
Type of Action
Process Enforcement
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
X080036
Case Status
Closed
MiMedx Group, Inc. (EpiFix and EpiFix Micronized wound care products)
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By
Mary K. Engle, Associate Director
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Text of the Letter
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FTC Brings Second Case This Year Against Plastic Lumber Products Marketer For Misleading Environmental Claims
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For the second time this year, the Federal Trade Commission has settled charges that a company that markets plastic lumber and related products misled consumers regarding the environmental attributes...
Court Order Bars Credit Repair Company from Misleading Credit Bureaus, Charging Consumers Up-Front Fees for Its Services
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A Texas-based company owned and operated by a husband and wife team has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated federal law by lying to consumer reporting agencies, often...
RMCN Credit Services, Inc., et al., United States of America
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
082 3253
FTC Testifies Before Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Agency Efforts to Combat Fraudulent and Deceptive Claims for Weight-Loss Products
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FTC’s most recent fraud study shows that more consumers were victims of fraudulent weight-loss claims than of any other specific fraud type covered by the survey.
FTC Launches Contest at DEF CON 22 to Help Track Down Perpetrators of Illegal Robocalls
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The Federal Trade Commission is looking to expand the technological arsenal that can be used in the battle against illegal phone spammers by challenging DEF CON 22 attendees to build the ultimate...
Operators of Massive Mobile Cramming Scheme Will Surrender More Than $10M in Assets in FTC Settlement
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The operators of a massive mobile cramming scheme have agreed to surrender more than $10 million in assets to settle Federal Trade Commission charges, including the contents of numerous bank accounts...
First (1st) Guaranty Mortgage Corp., et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
092 3169
Scammers Settle FTC Charges They Sent Millions of Spam Text Messages
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Two affiliate-marketing scammers and their company have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they sent millions of unwanted text messages to consumers across the U.S. with false...
FTC Proposes Improvements to Energy Labels for Consumers
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The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on a variety of proposed changes to its Energy Labeling Rule affecting labels for light bulbs, appliances, room air conditioners, ceiling fans...
Payment Processor Agrees to Give Up More Than $1 Million to Settle FTC Charges it Assisted, Facilitated Telemarketing Scammers
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A payment processing company agreed to pay or relinquish $1.1 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges under the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) that it knowingly assisted and facilitated a...
Public Statement
Remarks of Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen – 2014 Cloud Computing Conference
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