The Federal Trade Commission and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) are teaming up to make it easier for consumers to report tax-related identity theft and to receive assistance to help recover

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The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on proposals to modify a video game industry self-regulatory program that the FTC approved in 2001 under the agency’s Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule

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Case brought jointly by FTC and Maine Attorney General
The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 2,116 refund checks totaling more than $355,000 to people who bought CogniPrin, a deceptively marketed ‘memory improvement’ supplement

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Cigarette sales declined while smokeless tobacco sales increased from 2015 levels
The number of cigarettes that the largest cigarette companies in the United States sold to wholesalers and retailers nationwide declined from 244

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Tom Pahl, Acting Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, issued the following statement regarding reported concerns about Facebook’s privacy practices:“The FTC is firmly and fully committed to using all of its tools to protect the privacy of consumers

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Acting Federal Trade Commission Chairman Maureen K

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Defendants touted “secrets for making money on Amazon”
The Federal Trade Commission has charged a business opportunity scheme with falsely claiming that people who buy the defendants’ expensive “Amazing Wealth System” will learn “secrets for making money on Amazon” and likely earn thousands of dollars a month

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The operators of a deceptive and abusive debt collection scheme are banned from the debt collection business and from buying or selling debt under settlements with the Federal Trade Commission and the New York Attorney General’s Office

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