FTC: Consumer Confidence in Internet Marketplace Relies on Privacy Protections
July 5, 2011 No CommentThe Federal Trade Commission has told Congress consumers must be confident their privacy will be protected if they were to take advantage of all the benefits offered by the Internet marketplace. “Privacy has been an important component of the [FTC's] consumer protection mission for 40 years,” stated Commissioner Julie Brill‘s June 29 testimony to the [...]
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The Federal Trade Commission is updating its “Dot Com Disclosures: Information About Online Advertising,” a document that advises businesses how federal advertising law applies to advertising and sales online, and now the public has a say in what revisions should be made to reflect a technologically transformed world. As the Internet domain has changed dramatically [...]
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A federal district court judge has ordered a deceptive marketing operation to pay more than $3.7 million as part of a contempt action for violating a 2008 court order and conducting an alleged scam the Federal Trade Commission says involved selling a bogus “$10,000 credit line” that was really an online shopping club membership and [...]
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The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against an online operation that allegedly raked in more than $450 million from consumers in the United States and overseas by luring them into “free” or “risk-free” offers, and then charging them for products and services they did not agree to buy. “The defendants used the lure [...]
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An online game company owned by Walt Disney Co. is paying $3 million to settle federal charges that it violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule by illegally collecting and disclosing personal information from hundreds of thousands of children without parents’ consent. FTC alleges that Playdom, Inc. and company executive Howard Marks ran 20 virtual [...]
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Two companies that maintain large amounts of sensitive information about the employees of their business customers, including Social Security numbers, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they failed to take adequate security measures to protect data. In complaints filed against Ceridian Corporation and Lookout Services, Inc., FTC alleged the companies claimed they [...]
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a public workshop in Chicago to examine what measures can be taken to protect consumers from lottery, prize and sweepstakes scams, and other schemes that use money transfers as payment method, the agency said in a release. The workshop, “’Congratulations, You’re a Winner!’ – Lottery, Prize, and Sweepstakes Scams [...]
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Twitter Settles with FTC, Must Create ‘Comprehensive’ Cybersecurity Program
March 14, 2011 No CommentThe Federal Trade Commission has agreed on a settlement with Twitter stemming from allegations that the micro blog deceived consumers and put their privacy at risk by failing to safeguard their personal information, resulting in a breach that allowed hackers to take over Twitter twice in 2009. At the time of the attacks, FTC said [...]
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A list of top consumer complaints in 2010 has revealed that identity theft continues to be the No. 1 complaints category for the 11th consecutive year. According to the Federal Trade Commission, of 1,339,265 complaints received last year, 250,854 – or 19 percent – were related to identity theft. Debt collection complaints came in second [...]
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