Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez issued the following statement in response to a ruling today by the U

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Comment Precedes September 21 FTC Workshop on Homeopathic Drug Advertising
The staff of the Federal Trade Commission has recommended that the U

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“shUVee” and “Nano-UV” Were Marketed Through Online Retailers Like Amazon and Catalogs Like SkyMall
Two marketers of ultraviolet light “disinfectant” devices have agreed to stop making claims that their devices can wipe out foot fungus and dangerous bacteria like MRSA, E

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Chairwoman Edith Ramirez to Speak at Sept

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Defendants’ Membership In U

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Commission Also Announces Winners of National Day of Civic Hacking Analytic Challenge
The Federal Trade Commission announced that judges for its Robocalls: Humanity Strikes Back contest selected a first place winner for the $25,000 cash prize for building a mobile app that blocks and forwards robocalls to a crowd-sourced honeypot

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FTC Charged Mole Detective Sellers with False Advertising Earlier this Year
The final defendant remaining in a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit challenging false or unsubstantiated claims for a set of purported “melanoma detection” apps is barred from making any further deceptive health claims about his products under a settlement with agency

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Sold Personal Financial Information Obtained from Online Payday Loan Applications
The Federal Trade Commission has charged a data broker operation with illegally selling payday loan applicants’ financial information to a scam operation that took millions of dollars from consumers by debiting their bank accounts and charging their credit cards without their consent

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