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The Federal Trade Commission will require web hosting company GoDaddy to implement a robust information security program to settle charges that the company failed to secure its website-hosting services against attacks that could harm its customers and visitors to the customers’ websites

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Consumers are entitled to critical legal protections regardless of how products are labeled

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Financial institutions are increasingly serving consumers in languages other than English

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The Federal Trade Commission finalized an order prohibiting Gravy Analytics and its subsidiary Venntel from unlawfully tracking and selling sensitive location data from users, including data about consumers’ visits to health-related locations and places of worship

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Today, the CFPB is releasing new recommendations to states on how they can update their laws and regulations to meet new risks and challenges

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The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $1 million to fully refund consumers who purchased deceptively marketed Zephyr face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic

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The Federal Trade Commission is seeking comment on proposed changes to the Business Opportunity Rule and a proposed new Earnings Claim Rule that, taken together, would strengthen the agency’s tools to curb deceptive earnings claims in industries where they are pervasive: multi-level marketing (MLM) programs and money-making opportunities

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The Federal Trade Commission today sued Florida-based Evoke Wellness, LLC and Evoke Health Care Management and their officers Jonathan Mosley and James Hull for using a combination of deceptive Google search ads and telemarketing to masquerade as other substance use disorder treatment providers

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The CFPB invites video gamers to share their experiences with video game currencies, gaming companies, fraud, scams, and account hacks

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The CFPB’s rule protecting payday and installment loan borrowers takes effect on March 30, 2025

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