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Published on January 17, 2025 - 15:19 GMT

FTC Surveillance Pricing Study Indicates Wide Range of Personal Data Used to Set Individualized Consumer Prices

The Federal Trade Commission’s initial findings from its surveillance pricing market study revealed that details like a person’s precise location or browser history can be frequently used to target individual consumers with different prices for the same …

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Published on January 17, 2025 - 00:56 GMT

FTC and DOJ Jointly Issue Antitrust Guidelines on Business Practices that Impact Workers

Today, the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) jointly issued antitrust guidelines for business activities affecting workers. The guidelines explain how both the FTC and DOJ assess whether business practices …

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Published on January 16, 2025 - 23:43 GMT

FTC Takes Action Against General Motors for Sharing Drivers’ Precise Location and Driving Behavior Data Without Consent

The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against General Motors (GM) and OnStar over allegations they collected, used, and sold drivers’ precise geolocation data and driving behavior information from millions of vehicles—data that can be used to set …

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Published on January 16, 2025 - 23:43 GMT

FTC, State of Colorado Take Action Against Greystar, Nation’s Largest Multi-Family Rental Property Manager, For Deceiving ...

The Federal Trade Commission and the State of Colorado are taking action against Greystar, the nation’s largest multi-family rental property manager, for deceiving consumers about monthly rent costs by tacking on numerous mandatory fees on top of …

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Published on January 16, 2025 - 23:43 GMT

FTC Finalizes Changes to Children’s Privacy Rule Limiting Companies’ Ability to Monetize Kids’ Data

The Federal Trade Commission finalized changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule to set new requirements around the collection, use and disclosure of children’s personal information and give parents new tools and protections to help them …

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Published on January 16, 2025 - 23:43 GMT

Statement of Commission Regarding Snap Complaint Referral to DOJ

The Federal Trade Commission issued a statement regarding its referral to the Department of Justice of a complaint against Snap Inc., which operates the Snapchat application. During a closed meeting, the Commission voted 3-0-2 to authorize the issuance of …

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Published on January 16, 2025 - 03:18 GMT

FTC Seeks Public Comment on Single-Family Rental Home Mega Investors Study

The Federal Trade Commission issued a request for public comment on potential FTC orders that seek to understand how large-scale single-family rental owner operators, known as mega investors, have affected home prices and rents across the single-family …

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Published on January 16, 2025 - 03:18 GMT

FTC, States Sue Deere & Company to Protect Farmers from Unfair Corporate Tactics, High Repair Costs

The Federal Trade Commission today, along with the Illinois and Minnesota Attorneys General, sued agricultural equipment manufacturer Deere & Company (Deere) over its use of unfair practices that have driven up equipment repair costs for farmers while …

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Published on January 16, 2025 - 02:26 GMT

FTC Finalizes Order Banning Mobilewalla from Selling Sensitive Location Data

The Federal Trade Commission finalized an order banning data broker Mobilewalla Inc. from selling sensitive location data as part of a settlement with the company over allegations it sold such information without taking reasonable steps to verify consumers …

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Published on January 16, 2025 - 02:26 GMT

FTC Sends More Than $960,000 in Refunds to Consumers Harmed by Income Scheme ‘The Sales Mentor’

The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $960,000 in refunds to consumers who paid a job scheme known as “The Sales Mentor” that, according to the FTC, falsely promised consumers that they would make big money from telemarketing sales. The FTC …

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Published on January 16, 2025 - 02:26 GMT

FTC Finalizes Order Prohibiting Gravy Analytics, Venntel from Selling Sensitive Location Data

The Federal Trade Commission finalized an order prohibiting Gravy Analytics and its subsidiary Venntel from unlawfully tracking and selling sensitive location data from users, including data about consumers’ visits to health-related locations and places of …

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Published on January 16, 2025 - 02:26 GMT

FTC Takes Action Against GoDaddy for Alleged Lax Data Security for Its Website Hosting Services

The Federal Trade Commission will require web hosting company GoDaddy to implement a robust information security program to settle charges that the company failed to secure its website-hosting services against attacks that could harm its customers and …

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Published on January 14, 2025 - 23:18 GMT

FTC Releases Second Interim Staff Report on Prescription Drug Middlemen

The Federal Trade Commission today published a second interim staff report on the prescription drug middleman industry, which focuses on pharmacy benefit managers’ (PBMs) influence over specialty generic drugs, including significant price markups by PBMs …

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Published on January 14, 2025 - 23:18 GMT

FTC Issues Policy Statement Clarifying that Independent Contractors, Gig Workers’ Organizing Activities Are Shielded from ...

The Federal Trade Commission today issued a policy statement clarifying that independent contractors, including gig workers, are shielded from antitrust liability when engaging in protected bargaining and organizing activities—such as seeking better …

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Published on January 14, 2025 - 07:14 GMT

FTC Finalizes Order Prohibiting IntelliVision from Making Deceptive Claims About Its Facial Recognition Software

The Federal Trade Commission finalized an order against IntelliVision Technologies Corp., settling allegations that the company made false, misleading, or unsubstantiated claims that its AI-powered facial recognition software was free of gender or racial …

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Published on January 14, 2025 - 07:14 GMT

FTC Proposes Rule Changes and New Rule to Deter Deceptive Earnings Claims by Multilevel Marketers and Money-Making Opportunity ...

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking comment on proposed changes to the Business Opportunity Rule and a proposed new Earnings Claim Rule that, taken together, would strengthen the agency’s tools to curb deceptive earnings claims in industries where they …

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Published on January 14, 2025 - 07:14 GMT

FTC Sues Evoke Wellness and Top Executives for Misleading Consumers Seeking Substance Use Disorder Treatment

The Federal Trade Commission today sued Florida-based Evoke Wellness, LLC and Evoke Health Care Management and their officers Jonathan Mosley and James Hull for using a combination of deceptive Google search ads and telemarketing to masquerade as other …

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Published on January 14, 2025 - 07:14 GMT

FTC Sends More Than $1 Million in Full Refunds to Customers Deceived by False Claims of “N95-Grade” Zephyr Face Masks

The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $1 million to fully refund consumers who purchased deceptively marketed Zephyr face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2024, the FTC took action against Razer Inc., alleging that the company …

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Published on January 11, 2025 - 01:01 GMT

FTC Announces 2025 Update of Size of Transaction Thresholds for Premerger Notification Filings

The Federal Trade Commission has approved a revised jurisdictional and a revised filing fee schedule for the Hart‑Scott‑Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976. Section 7A(a)(2) of the Act requires the Commission to revise the jurisdictional …

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Published on January 11, 2025 - 01:01 GMT

FTC Announces 2025 Jurisdictional Threshold Updates for Interlocking Directorates

The Federal Trade Commission has approved revised jurisdictional thresholds for Section 8 of the Clayton Act, which prohibits interlocking directorates, which is an arrangement that occurs when an officer or director of one firm simultaneously serves as an …

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