If it was not clear before, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) provided further evidence to Congress yesterday of how seriously it takes violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). We’ve previously written about the warnings letters that the FTC mailed to data brokers earlier this year and the FTC’s decision to begin focusing on the […]
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As part of the increased regulatory focus on the mobile marketing space, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint against several mobile marketing companies, including Tatto, Inc. and its principals, in a California federal court, alleging mobile telephone bill “cramming” in violation of the FTC Act and other applicable laws. “Cramming” is the act of placing
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In a settlement order filed on Monday in an Oregon federal court, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) banned a company from using deceptive marketing practices in connection with offering consumers work-at-home business opportunities. The company, Smart Tools LLC and its officers, Kristin Hegg and Curtis Dawn, agreed to pay a $7.4 million judgment for violating
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As part of the increased regulatory focus on the mobile marketing space, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) brought suit against Wise Media, LLC, and its officers individually, alleging mobile telephone bill “cramming” in violation of the FTC Act and other applicable laws. For those that are unfamiliar with the term, “cramming” is the act of placing unauthorized charges on
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After over a year of litigation against fourteen businesses and seventeen individuals, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently entered into a settlement with one of the individual defendants in an alleged tech support scheme that targeted consumers with fake malware scams. According to the FTC, the alleged scheme involved telemarketers contacting consumers by phone, pretending
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Despite the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) recent focus on unsolicited telemarketing campaigns, it has not backed off in its effort to reduce deceptive marketing campaigns. On October 21, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) filed a complaint against several sellers of human chorionic gonadotropin (“HCG”), claiming that deceptive marketing techniques were used to market the
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For the first time in its history, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently initiated an action against a debt collector for its allegedly unlawful use of debt collection text messages. Almost a month after filing its complaint in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, the FTC settled with the debt
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As evidence of the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) increased zeal to stem the tide of unsolicited commercial text message marketing, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently approved and entered a heavy-handed final judgment against Rentbro, Inc. and its principals. Among other things, the judgment compels Rentbro to pay to
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