Commission Actions

Will Not Adopt Rules to Block Retail Casket Sales Missouri funeral regulators have agreed to settle antitrust charges by the Federal Trade Commission, affirming that they will not prohibit or...

Commission approval of Federal Register notice: The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice regarding the regulatory review of the Guides Concerning the Use of...

Obtaining Consumers’ Records Through False Pretenses and Selling Them to Third Parties Has Caused Consumer Harm, Agency Says The Federal Trade Commission today told the House Committee on Energy and...

Commission approval of application for proposed divestiture: Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved an application for proposed divestiture from Linde AG and The BOC Group plc...

Settlement Bars Pretexting and Selling Consumers’ Confidential Phone Records An outfit that obtained consumers’ confidential phone records and sold them to third parties without the consumers’ consent...

The Federal Trade Commission is offering a new guide for businesses with practical suggestions on safeguarding sensitive data. The 24-page brochure can help businesses of all sizes protect their...

Agency Has Focused Enforcement on Sectors of Economy with Greatest Impact on Consumers Providing Federal Trade Commission testimony today before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on...