Topic: U.S. Federal Trade Commission

consumeraffairs.com | 2010-03-18 07:05:08
Consumers encouraged to know their rights to funeral pricing information

A two-month long investigation of the sales practices of New York City funeral homes finds may of them are playing fast and loose with city regulations. Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Jonathan Mintz says the inspections of 579 funeral home resulted in 87 businesses being charged with a total ...

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consumeraffairs.com | 2010-03-14 07:05:04
Feds report surge due largely to increase in advanced fee scams

Online crime complaints increased substantially once again last year, according to a report by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) -- a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C). The IC3 says it received a total of 336,655 complaints, a 22.3 percent increase ...

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consumeraffairs.com | 2010-03-14 07:05:04
Lawsuit, FTC investigation spelled end for competition

When Netflix finally announced the winners of its three-year, $1 million contest last fall, the buzz was so great that the company wasted no time in announcing a sequel. That contest gave consumers all over the world the chance to compete to improve the company's movie-recommendation algorithm. Contestants were given access to ...

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SC Magazine | 2010-03-13 11:05:05
LifeLock will pay $11 million to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and $1 million to a group of 35 state attorneys general to settle charges that the Tempe, Ariz.-based company made false claims that its product could prevent identity theft.

LifeLock will pay $11 million to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and $1 million to a group of 35 ...

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DMA Takes Another Jab at Expanded FTC Power

ClickZ News | 2010-03-18 08:35:01

Chinatrust, Farglory fined for false ads

China Post | 2010-03-17 23:22:17

Ftc Role In Protecting Financial Services Consumers

Oregonian | 2010-03-17 18:56:09

Laws on Clothing Label Requirements

eHow | 2010-03-17 16:29:48

P2P file sharing could leave you with your slip showing

Federal Computer Week | 2010-03-17 14:54:49

Pay-To-Delay Ban Dropped From Healthcare Reform

Pharmalot | 2010-03-18 09:08:26

FTC member: Google's 'irresponsible conduct' with Buzz

CNET Gadgets Blog | 2010-03-17 20:27:07

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