Contact Lens Heaven, Inc., et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
082 3006
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Sony BMG Music Settles Charges Its Music Fan Websites Violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
Date
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Sony Music) has agreed to pay $1 million as part of a settlement to resolve Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act...
Wright, Chapin N. II, individually, and d/b/a See Right Vision and Vision Contact Lenses
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
082 3020
Operation Tele-PHONEY Defendant Settles Commission Charges
Date
The Federal Trade Commission has successfully settled the second of 13 complaints brought as part of the multi-agency “Operation Tele-PHONEY” law enforcement sweep in May 2008 against deceptive...
Court Halts Bogus Computer Scans
Date
At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. district court has issued a temporary halt to a massive “scareware” scheme, which falsely claimed that scans had detected viruses, spyware, and...
Integrity Financial Enterprises, LLC, et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
082 3120
FTC Announces Conference on International Aspects of Securing Personal Data
Date
The Federal Trade Commission, in conjunction with two international organizations, will host a two-day international conference: “Securing Personal Data in the Global Economy.” The conference...
Marketers of Mystery Shopper Scam Settle with FTC; Agree to Pay $850,000
Date
An operation that lured consumers with promises that they could earn big money as trained and certified “mystery shoppers ” has agreed to pay $850,000 to settle charges of deceptive marketing and...
Cross-Border Telemarketers Barred From Deceptive Phone Card Pitches
Date
The Federal Trade Commission has settled charges it brought against a group of Canadian telemarketers who allegedly deceived U.S. consumers through the fraudulent sale of telephone calling cards. As a...
9131-4740 Qubec, Inc. also d/b/a Fusion Telekom, JPE Holdings, Inc. also d/b/a Fusion Telekom, et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
052 3081
Ultralife Fitness, Inc., dba Pure Health Laboratories, et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
062 3146
Internet Marketers of Dietary Supplement for Weight Loss Agree to Pay $150,000
Date
A Utah-based operation that lured online customers with free samples of a purported weight-loss supplement in a scheme to obtain their credit or debit card information has agreed to pay $150,000 to...
New Rules Requiring an Automated Voice or Keypress Opt-Out for Recorded Message Telemarketing Calls Take Effect Today
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Effective today, any telemarketing call that delivers a prerecorded message must include a quick and easy way to opt-out of receiving future calls. The opt-out must work both for consumers who answer...
Concurring Statement of Commissioner Leibowitz Regarding Rescission of FTC Guidance on Cigarette Testing Methodology
Date
By
Jon Leibowitz, Former Chairman
Matter Number
P944509
FTC Rescinds Guidance from 1966 on Statements Concerning Tar and Nicotine Yields
Date
The Federal Trade Commission has rescinded guidance issued in 1966 that generally permitted statements concerning tar and nicotine yields if they were based on the Cambridge Filter Method, sometimes...
Ripoff Artists Target Grandparents
Date
Complaints are on the rise about a scam that preys on a grandparent’s love, according to the Federal Trade Commission. A scammer calls posing as a grandchild in distress, and tries to put the squeeze...
Nov21
Emerging Health Care Competition and Consumer Issues: Competition Issues Involving Follow-on Biologic Drugs
The Federal Trade Commission will hold two roundtables on emerging health care competition and consumer issues. They will focus on two distinct areas in which competition and consumer protection...
Nationwide Debt Collector Will Pay $2.25 Million to Settle FTC Charges
Date
Academy Collection Service, Inc. and its owner, Keith Dickstein, have agreed to pay $2.25 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that Academy and its collectors misled, threatened, and...
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