http://www.mail.com/organizations/23158-federal-trade-commission.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/23158-federal-trade-commission.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2072466-feds-closer-fake-mobile-bill-charges.html WASHINGTON (AP) — When a mysterious, unauthorized fee appears on your cellphone bill, it's called "cramming" and consumer advocates and regulators worry it's emerging as a significant problem as people increasingly ditch their landlines for wireless phones. The cramming fee is bogus and usually small, under $10 a month. It might be listed on your bill as ... Thu, 09 May 2013 01:31:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2072466-feds-closer-fake-mobile-bill-charges.html 2013-05-09T01:31:59Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2069678-ftc-puts-background-check-sites-notice.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators on Tuesday warned several companies that the quick, easy background checks they are providing online might violate the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The Federal Trade Commission sent warning letters to 10 businesses, including sites like 4Nannies.com and USA People Search, after FTC staff posed as employers and creditors ... Tue, 07 May 2013 22:17:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2069678-ftc-puts-background-check-sites-notice.html 2013-05-07T22:17:22Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2043880-facebook-audit-finds-privacy-practices-sufficient.html NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook says that an independent audit found its privacy practices sufficient during a six-month assessment period that followed a settlement with federal regulators. Facebook Inc. said it submitted the findings to the Federal Trade Commission on Monday evening. The audit was a required part of the social networking company's settlement w... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:17:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2043880-facebook-audit-finds-privacy-practices-sufficient.html 2013-04-25T13:17:52Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2029778-fbi-pilot-worker-haslam-knew-rebate-fraud.html NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Pilot Flying J employee told investigators that CEO Jimmy Haslam, who is also the owner of the Cleveland Browns, knew about rebate fraud at the truck stop chain his family owns, according to an FBI affidavit unsealed Thursday. The 120-page document filed in federal court in Knoxville, where Pilot is based, alleges that members of... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 03:32:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2029778-fbi-pilot-worker-haslam-knew-rebate-fraud.html 2013-04-19T03:32:18Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2026176-aclu-slow-smartphone-updates-privacy-threat.html LONDON (AP) — One of the leading U.S. civil-rights organizations is taking on an unusual cause: spotty smartphone updates. The American Civil Liberties Union is asking the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate what it considers a failure by U.S. wireless carriers to properly update the Google-built operating system used on Android phones. The ACLU ... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:00:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2026176-aclu-slow-smartphone-updates-privacy-threat.html 2013-04-17T18:00:53Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1993032-feds-offer-hope-avoiding-pesky-robocalls.html WASHINGTON (AP) — There may one day soon be another way to fight those annoying prerecorded phone pitches known as robocalls. The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday announced winners for its national contest to develop a blocking technology for illegal sales calls. The winners are Aaron Foss, a freelance software developer based in Long Island, N.Y., and... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:29:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1993032-feds-offer-hope-avoiding-pesky-robocalls.html 2013-04-02T16:29:04Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1976398-court-drug-companies-pay-to-delay-generics.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators are pressing the Supreme Court to stop big pharmaceutical corporations from paying generic drug competitors to delay releasing their cheaper versions of brand-name drugs. They argue these deals deny American consumers, usually for years, steep price declines that can top 90 percent. The Obama administration, backed by ... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 03:42:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1976398-court-drug-companies-pay-to-delay-generics.html 2013-03-25T03:42:57Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1963564-monitoring-your-kids-facebook-thats-2009.html WASHINGTON (AP) — After Friendster came MySpace. By the time Facebook dominated social media, parents had joined the party, too. But the online scene has changed - dramatically, as it turns out - and these days even if you're friends with your own kids on Facebook, it doesn't mean you know what they're doing. Thousands of software programs now offer cool ... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:06:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1963564-monitoring-your-kids-facebook-thats-2009.html 2013-03-18T23:06:52Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1950926-ackman-applauds-call-herbalife-investigation.html NEW YORK (AP) — Hedge fund manager William Ackman is applauding a consumer group's push for the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether Herbalife is a pyramid scheme. The National Consumers League said that it wants the FTC to investigate the claims against Herbalife as well as the vitamin and supplement products company's responses. Ackman allege... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:48:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1950926-ackman-applauds-call-herbalife-investigation.html 2013-03-13T11:48:06Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1941938-ap-source-google-to-pay-7m-to-settle-wi-fi-case.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google will pay a $7 million penalty to settle a multistate investigation into the Internet search leader's collection of emails, passwords and other sensitive information sent over wireless networks several years ago in neighborhoods scattered around the world. The resolution will close a joint investigation by attorneys general in a... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 23:22:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1941938-ap-source-google-to-pay-7m-to-settle-wi-fi-case.html 2013-03-08T23:22:59Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1919892-suit-185k-spyware-images-to-rental-computers.html PITTSBURGH (AP) — Spyware installed on computers leased from furniture renter Aaron's Inc. secretly sent 185,000 emails containing sensitive information — including pictures of nude children and people having sex — back to the company's corporate computers, according to court documents filed Wednesday in a class-action lawsuit. According to the filings, s... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1919892-suit-185k-spyware-images-to-rental-computers.html 2013-02-27T23:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1900834-high-court-rules-georgia-hospital-merger.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has dealt a setback to a deal between two private companies that left one as the owner of the only two hospitals in a southwestern Georgia city. The justices ruled unanimously Tuesday that lower courts improperly dismissed complaints that the merger, aided by a public hospital authority, created a monopoly in hospital s... Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:08:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1900834-high-court-rules-georgia-hospital-merger.html 2013-02-19T16:08:19Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1886946-government-seeks-changes-malt-liquor-loko.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The makers of a popular carbonated alcoholic drink guzzled on college campuses are going to be changing the look of its Four Loko cans to settle the government's charges of deceptive marketing. The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday that Chicago-based Phusion Projects will be required to put an "alcohol facts panel" on the back of fla... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1886946-government-seeks-changes-malt-liquor-loko.html 2013-02-12T20:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1884180-study-1-4-consumers-error-credit-report.html WASHINGTON (AP) — One in four consumers found an error in a credit report issued by a major agency, according to a government study released Monday. The Federal Trade Commission study also said that 5 percent of the consumers identified errors in their reports that could lead to them paying more for mortgages, auto loans or other financial products. ... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1884180-study-1-4-consumers-error-credit-report.html 2013-02-11T22:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1853926-fda-warns-company-unapproved-flu-remedy.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators say a Florida company has been marketing an untested inhaled formula as a flu remedy in violation of drug safety regulations. The Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission issued a warning letter to Flu and Cold Defense LLC for making misleading, unproven claims about its GermBullet inhaler. The war... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1853926-fda-warns-company-unapproved-flu-remedy.html 2013-01-29T19:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1852036-officials-thousands-lost-cash-ky-based-scheme.html LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Authorities seized a far-flung marketing operation Monday over claims the Kentucky-based company amounted to a global pyramid scheme that siphoned hundreds of millions of dollars from people who paid steep fees to become sales representatives but made a pittance for selling products. Federal and state agents converged on Fortune Hi-T... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1852036-officials-thousands-lost-cash-ky-based-scheme.html 2013-01-28T21:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1798134-google-emerges-ftc-probe-unscathed.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has settled a U.S. government probe into its business practices without making any major concessions on how the company runs its Internet search engine, the world's most influential gateway to digital information and commerce. Thursday's agreement with the Federal Trade Commission covers only some of the issues raised in a wide... Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1798134-google-emerges-ftc-probe-unscathed.html 2013-01-04T11:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1798488-6-takeaways-googles-antitrust-settlement.html Google Inc. has settled an U.S. antitrust probe that largely leaves its search practices alone. In a major win for Google, the Federal Trade Commission unanimously concluded that there is not enough evidence to support complaints from rivals that the company shows unfair bias in its search results toward its own products. Below are six of the biggest take... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1798488-6-takeaways-googles-antitrust-settlement.html 2013-01-03T21:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1776946-changes-law-aim-to-protect-kids-online-data.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Aiming to prevent companies from exploiting online information about children under 13, the Obama administration on Wednesday imposed sweeping changes in regulations designed to protect a young generation with easy access to the Internet. Two years in the making, the amended rules to the decade-old Children's Online Privacy Protection Ac... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1776946-changes-law-aim-to-protect-kids-online-data.html 2012-12-19T22:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1773358-software-industry-braces-phone-apps-rules.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A cellphone game for kids about U.S. geography, "Stack the States," gets rave reviews from parents. Its creator, Dan Russell-Pinson, considered making the 99-cent app better by adding a feature to allow children to play online against one another. But with the Federal Trade Commission issuing more stringent online child privacy rules, he's not even pursuing... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1773358-software-industry-braces-phone-apps-rules.html 2012-12-18T20:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1774330-government-investigating-data-brokers.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The government says it will investigate companies that collect and sell personal information about consumers to determine whether they need to improve their privacy practices. The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday that it ordered nine data brokers to provide the agency with details about their sources of information, how they use the... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1774330-government-investigating-data-brokers.html 2012-12-18T15:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1755970-government-investigating-makers-cellphone-apps.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is investigating whether software companies that make cellphone apps violated the privacy rights of children by quietly collecting personal information from mobile devices and sharing it with advertisers and data brokers, the Federal Trade Commission said Monday. Such apps can capture a child's physical location, phone numbers of their friend... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1755970-government-investigating-makers-cellphone-apps.html 2012-12-11T00:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1751694-drug-makers-settlements-high-court-review.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will take a close look at payments from brand-name drug makers to manufacturers of generic equivalents to keep the no-name products off the market at an estimated cost of $3.5 billion a year to consumers. The justices said Friday they will consider competing appeals court decisions about whether the practice known as re... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 19:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1751694-drug-makers-settlements-high-court-review.html 2012-12-07T19:38:00Z