Company Will Pay $50,000 Penalty for Tossing Consumers Credit Report Information in Unsecured Dumpster

A mortgage company that left loan documents with consumers’ sensitive personal and financial information in and around an unsecured dumpster…

16 years ago

Scammers Accused of Deceptively Selling ATMs Give Up Frozen Assets

The ringleader behind an operation accused of deceptively selling automated teller machine (ATM) business opportunities is banned from ever selling…

16 years ago

FTC Testifies on Efforts to Combat Identity Theft and Protect Consumer Privacy

The Federal Trade Commission today told the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security that identity theft…

16 years ago

Telephone Records Seller Settles FTC Charges

Parties who obtained and sold consumers’ telephone records, including information on calls placed and received, without the consumers’ knowledge or…

16 years ago

FTC Reminds Businesses: Don’t Print Full Credit and Debit Card Numbers on Customers’ Purchase Receipts

As merchants get busier with holiday shopping, the Federal Trade Commission reminds them to be sure the credit and debit…

16 years ago

FTC Issues Statements Regarding Recusal Petition for Review of Proposed Acquisition of Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners V, LP (DoubleClick, Inc.) By Google, Inc.

This statement responds to the “Complaint Requesting Recusal of the Federal Trade Commission Chairman From the Pending Review of the…

16 years ago

ALJ Issues Initial Decision Dismissing Complaint Against Michigan Realtors Group

In an initial decision filed on December 10, 2007 and announced today, Chief Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Stephen J. McGuire…

16 years ago

FTC Approves Filing of Staff Comment with the Office of Thrift Supervision Regarding Its Review of Regulations on Unfair or Deceptive Acts and Practices

For Your Information December 13, 2007 The Commission has approved the filing of a staff comment with the Office of…

16 years ago

FTC Charges Milwaukee MLS with Illegally Restraining Competition

The Federal Trade Commission today charged Multiple Listing Service, Inc. (MLS), a group of real estate professionals based in Milwaukee,…

16 years ago

Commission Approves Federal Register Notice Announcing Increase in the Ceiling on Allowable Charges Under Section 612(f) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act

For Your Information December 12, 2007 The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice regarding the ceiling…

16 years ago