FTC Bans Rite Aid From Using AI Facial Recognition
Business
FTC Bans Rite Aid From Using AI Facial Recognition
2023-12-19 22:57:33
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Rite Aid, the struggling nationwide drug store chain, got more bad news Tuesday, as federal regulators tagged it for using facial recognition at its stores that led to scores of women and people of color being wrongly identified... Read More

FTC Taking Dim View of Musk Action Amid Twitter Turmoil
Social Media
FTC Taking Dim View of Musk Action Amid Twitter Turmoil
2022-11-10 22:28:15
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — A letter posted to Twitter’s Slack feed by a company lawyer, detailing the utter chaos the social media outlet has descended into since Elon Musk took control of it, has prompted a rare public rebuke from the Federal... Read More

New FTC Labeling Rule Aims to Help Consumers Reduce Energy Costs
Regulation
New FTC Labeling Rule Aims to Help Consumers Reduce Energy Costs
2022-10-05 20:47:05
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission has updated its Energy Labeling Rule so that consumers can more accurately compare the estimated annual energy consumption of appliances before they buy them. The FTC’s original Energy Labeling Rule, issued in 1979 under... Read More

FTC Accuses Credit Karma of Making False Claims
Regulation
FTC Accuses Credit Karma of Making False Claims
2022-09-01 17:20:22
by Madeline Hughes

WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday it is going after the credit score and report company Credit Karma for telling people they were approved for credit when they were not. “Credit Karma’s false claims of ‘pre-approval’ cost consumers... Read More

Roomster Pocketed $27M Through Fake Reviews, Phony Listings, FTC Claims
Litigation
Roomster Pocketed $27M Through Fake Reviews, Phony Listings, FTC Claims
2022-08-31 21:34:19
by Madeline Hughes

WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission is suing the online roommate and housing application Roomster for allegedly profiting to the tune of $27 million from fake reviews and fraudulent listings, it announced Tuesday. “Roomster polluted the online marketplace with fake... Read More

FTC Probes Stricter Data Privacy Rules
Regulation
FTC Probes Stricter Data Privacy Rules
2022-08-11 21:38:00
by Madeline Hughes

WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission is asking the public if they’d like more privacy shields to protect them from “commercial surveillance” and poor data security. The commission announced an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Thursday that kicks off the... Read More

FTC Sues Creators of TurboTax for Allegedly Misleading Consumers
Regulation
FTC Sues Creators of TurboTax for Allegedly Misleading Consumers
2022-03-30 17:58:14
by Madeline Hughes

WASHINGTON —The Federal Trade Commission is suing the makers of TurboTax, Intuit Inc., over an allegedly “deceptive” ad campaign offering “free” services and then having charges appear as Americans file their taxes with the online software. “TurboTax is bombarding consumers... Read More

Senators Pressure FTC to Take Action to Combat COVID Scams and Price Gouging
Regulation
Senators Pressure FTC to Take Action to Combat COVID Scams and Price Gouging
2022-02-02 18:51:43
by Alexa Hornbeck

WASHINGTON — Members of the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Data Security met on Tuesday to discuss the rise in COVID-19 claims to federal agencies that involve price gouging, sales of fake products, email phishing schemes and... Read More

Family of Slain Journalist Claims Facebook Exploited Tragedy for Profit
Social Media
Family of Slain Journalist Claims Facebook Exploited Tragedy for Profit
2021-10-12 18:40:45
by Victoria Turner

WASHINGTON -- Imagine knowing your daughter’s moment of death has been immortalized in a video online. Now imagine that it keeps popping up over and over again on Facebook, Instagram, and Google’s YouTube for six years and counting, despite your... Read More

FTC Commissioner Says There are Benefits to a Federal Privacy Law
Privacy
FTC Commissioner Says There are Benefits to a Federal Privacy Law
2021-08-30 19:52:25
by Victoria Turner

WASHINGTON -- As a number of states move towards enacting their own data privacy laws, the U.S. Congress should come up with its own comprehensive privacy statute enforced by the Federal Trade Commission, said FTC Commissioner Noah Phillips Monday. Having... Read More

FTC Announces Reorganization to Make Rules Against Deceptive Businesses
Business
FTC Announces Reorganization to Make Rules Against Deceptive Businesses
2021-03-30 13:26:56
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Trade Commission is organizing a new rulemaking office to coordinate its efforts against what it calls deceptive business practices. The agency’s chairwoman described the reorganization as the start of a more aggressive campaign to protect consumers... Read More

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