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FTC Settles with Pop-up Ad Operators Scheme involved exploiting Windows Messenger Service to barrage consumers with ads. |
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Just the facts The FDA doesn't want any more lies on dietary supplement labels... Is Sarbanes-Oxley a Class Act?... etc. |
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December 12, 2006
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Feds Target Online Business Scams A combined federal-state task force announced Tuesday a law enforcement sweep targeting bogus business opportunities and work-at-home scams, including several Internet operations. |
InternetNews
August 15, 2006
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FTC, AG Sue to Stuff Alleged Pop-up Scheme The Federal Trade Commission and the Washington state Attorney General have sued to halt an operation that barrages consumers with pop-up advertising and demands money to make the pop-ups cease. |
Prepared Foods
December 12, 2006
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Building Baked Goods and Snacks Sodium Down, Calcium Up... Calcium Phosphate Builds Healthier Bones... |
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January 12, 2005
Roy Mark |
Feds Hit Porn E-Mail Ring With Can Spam Law Armed with new rules to supplement the Can Spam Act, the Federal Trade Commission has won a court order to temporarily halt a pornography-related spam ring that stretches from Las Vegas to Latvia. |
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April 2006
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Calcium and Vitamin D Duet It's well known that calcium is needed for bone health, but vitamin D is often taken for granted. |
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November 2003
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Stand and Deliver What happens when Web merchants make delivery promises they can't keep? |
InternetNews
February 21, 2007
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FTC Tags Site Again for Deceptive Ads Consumerinfo.com pays $300,000 to settle charges for deceptive advertising practices. This follows a $950,000 fine a year ago. |
InternetNews
May 3, 2006
Roy Mark |
FTC Sues Sites Selling Phone Records Five Internet sites selling confidential phone records became the target of Federal Trade Commission lawsuits Wednesday. |
InternetNews
November 2, 2007 |
FTC Says Internet Ad Self-Regulation Falling Short Regulators scrutinize online advertising and the industry's data-collection and behavioral targeting efforts. |
Information Today
July 8, 2002
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FTC Warns Search Engine Companies Responding to a 2001 accusation by a consumer watchdog group that search engine companies engaged in deceptive advertising by failing to clearly label favorable links on hit lists, the Federal Trade Commission sent a letter to seven companies suggesting that they alter their behavior. |
Information Today
January 14, 2013
George H. Pike |
Google Reaches Settlements With FTC Over Search, Patent Practices On Jan. 3, 2013, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Google reached a series of agreements that closed the FTC's investigation into several of Google's business practices, in return for Google's agreement to modify those practices. |
InternetNews
November 3, 2006
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Zango Settles FTC Adware Charges The controversial adware distributor agrees to pay $3 million and provide consumer consent notices. |
InternetNews
October 20, 2006
Roy Mark |
'Net Vendors of Diabetes Cures on Notice The Federal Trade Commission and the Food and Drug Administration are teaming with Mexico and Canada to stop deceptive advertising and product sales of purported diabetes cures and treatments. |
Science News
October 16, 2004
Janet Raloff |
Is Vitamin D Fattening? One of the newest identified functions of the hormonal form of vitamin D, known as 1,25-D, is its role in determining how the body manages energy. The hormone actually promotes weight gain by sending calories into storage. |
American Family Physician
May 1, 2002 |
Lactose Intolerance What is lactose intolerance?... What causes lactose intolerance?... What problems does lactose intolerance cause?... How is lactose intolerance treated?... Where can I get more information about lactose intolerance?... |
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January 9, 2004
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FTC Wins Judgment Against Net Auction Scammers Court bars two Chicago area residents from participating in Web auctions and orders more than $90,000 in consumer redress. |
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Bogus Spyware Vendors Settle FTC Charges The Federal Trade Commission slaps almost $2 million in fines on firms selling software that did not remove spyware as advertised. |
