Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On October 22, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – which works to protect and educate consumers – announced it had launched a new website at ReportFraud.ftc.gov where consumers may easily report fraud and all other consumer issues directly to the FTC, according to a press release…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On September 10, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released the agenda for the virtual “FTC Workshop on Data Portability” that will take place on September 22, 2020, to examine the potential benefits and challenges to consumers and competition raised by data portability, according to a press…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On August 24, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it is seeking comments on proposed changes that would bring several rules implementing parts of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) in line with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, according to a…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On July 27, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a complaint on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging that a California-based purveyor of background reports deceived consumers with “teaser background reports” that falsely claimed to include information about arrest, criminal, and sex offender…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On July 13, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – a government agency that protects consumers and promotes competition – finalized a settlement with a medical diagnostic devices and services company over allegations the firm misled consumers about its participation in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. The…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On July 13, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – a U.S. government agency that protects consumers and promotes competition – will host “An FTC Workshop on GLB Standards” that seeks input on proposed changes to the Safeguards Rule of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley (GLB) Act which requires financial…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On June 30, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – a government agency that protects consumers and promotes competition – announced that the FTC settled allegations that an operator of secure data centers misled consumers about its participation in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework that allows participants…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On June 11, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made more state-level information available to the public about the complaints the FTC receives from consumers that are related to Coronavirus (COVID-19), with reports about online shopping problems topping the list of complaints in most states, according to…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On June 10, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that a department store retail chain agreed to pay a civil penalty of $220,000 to settle allegations that the retailer violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) “by refusing to provide complete records of transactions to consumers…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reports active duty service members were 76 percent more likely than other adults to report identity theft from misused existing bank accounts or credit cards, and 22 percent more likely to report their stolen information was misused to open a new account,…
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