The Federal Trade Commission will hold a virtual workshop on February 25, 2025, to examine the use of design features on digital platforms aimed at keeping kids, including teens, online longer and coming back more frequently
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The Federal Trade Commission announced today that the consumer protection agencies of Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, and Panama have joined an existing agreement that the FTC reached in 2023 with the consumer protection authorities of Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru to promote cooperation among the agencies to protect consumers from cross-border fraud, deception, and other illegal practices
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The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against multiple companies that have relied on artificial intelligence as a way to supercharge deceptive or unfair conduct that harms consumers, as part of its new law enforcement sweep called Operation AI Comply
The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against Invitation Homes, the country’s largest landlord of single-family homes, for an array of unlawful actions against consumers, including deceiving renters about lease costs, charging undisclosed junk fees, failing to inspect homes before residents moved in, and unfairly withholding tenants’ security deposits when they moved out
The public can submit comments on open banking standard-setter applications to ensure the development of fair and effective open banking standards that serve the interests of all stakeholders, especially consumers
The Federal Trade Commission has awarded Kathy Broderick, a retired Postal Inspector in the U
The CFPB is concerned that medical debt collectors may try to capitalize on surviving spouses’ vulnerabilities to try to collect unpaid medical bills, including bills that may not even be owed
A new Federal Trade Commission staff report that examines the data collection and use practices of major social media and video streaming services shows they engaged in vast surveillance of consumers in order to monetize their personal information while failing to adequately protect users online, especially children and teens
The Federal Trade Commission is sending payments totaling more than $370,000 to consumers who were harmed by the data security failures of online merchandise platform CafePress
As a result of a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit, an individual and his company who helped operate a sprawling business opportunity scheme known as Blueprint to Wealth have agreed to a settlement that permanently bans them from the telemarketing industry
