Showing posts with label CONSUMER PROTECTION. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CONSUMER PROTECTION. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 16, 2015

FTC RETURNS NEARLY $2 MILLION TO CONSUMER VICTIMS OF MULTI-LEVEL MARKETING PROGRAM FRAUD SCHEME

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FROM:  FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION FTC Returns Almost $1.9 Million to Consumers in BurnLounge Pyramid Scheme The Federal Trade Commission is...
Sunday, March 1, 2015

FTC RELEASES NATIONAL RANKING OF CONSUMER COMPLAINTS FOR 2014

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FROM:  U.S. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION Identity Theft Tops FTC’s Consumer Complaint Categories Again in 2014 Agency Also Notes a Large Incre...
Thursday, February 5, 2015

FTC WARNS BIODEGRADABLE DOG WASTE BAG CLAIMS MAY BE DECEPTIVE

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FROM:  U.S. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION  FTC Staff Warns Marketers and Sellers of Dog Waste Bags That Their Biodegradable and Compostable Clai...
Monday, September 29, 2014

CONSUMERS HURT BY BUSINESS COACHING SCAM RECEIVING REFUNDS IN THE MAIL FROM FTC

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FROM:  U.S. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION  FTC Sends More Than $4.4 Million in Refunds to Consumers Harmed by Business Coaching Scam The Fe...
Saturday, June 7, 2014

FTC TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESS ON GEOLOCATION PRIVACY AND SECURITY

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FROM:  U.S. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION FTC Testifies on Geolocation Privacy June 4, 2014 The Federal Trade Commission testified before C...
Friday, January 17, 2014

CFTC OFFICIAL'S TESTIMONY REGARDING FUTURES MARKET OVERSIGHT

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FROM:  COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION  Testimony of Vincent McGonagle, Director Division of Market Oversight, Commodity Futures Trad...
Thursday, January 2, 2014

FTC SETTLES WITH ACCRETIVE HEALTH, INC., REGARDING FAILURE TO PROTECT CONSUMERS' PERSONAL INFORMATION

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FROM:  FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION  Accretive Health Settles FTC Charges That It Failed to Adequately Protect Consumers’ Personal Information ...
Monday, December 30, 2013

CFTC ISSUES ADVISORY REGARDING COMMODITY TRADING ADVISORS AND SWAPS

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FROM:  COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION  CFTC’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight Issues Advisory Concerning Commodity...
Monday, September 23, 2013

FTC ANNOUNCES SHUTDOWN OF PAY TO OBTAIN PRIZE SWEEPSTAKES SCAM

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FROM:  FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court has halted a massive sweepstakes scam that...