In FY 2023, the FTC made programmatic strides to protect Americans’—and especially children’s—privacy; hold companies that defraud the public accountable; stop companies from hiking prices with needless junk fees; shut down subsc...
There is no single principal data protection legislation in the United States (U.S.). Rather, a jumble of hundreds of laws enacted on both the federal and state levels serve to protect the personal data of U.S. residents. At the federal level, the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC Act)...
Now, the vast majority of unwanted calls come from telemarketers, but various other types of scam robocalls to watch out for include: Recently the FTC announced plans to combat the illegal telemarketing calls making their way to American phones. Labeled “Operation Stop Scam Calls,” it ...
Home » Report: Robotexts Up; Robocalls DownRobokiller’s mid-year phone scam report, released this week, reveals that Americans saw robotexts grow, but there also was a decline in robocalls during the first half of the year. The company makes software designed to block out spam robocalls...
During the past year, the FTC initiated actions and settled or obtained judgments that include suing a dietary supplement enterprise which allegedly used illegal robocalls to deceptively market dissolvable oral film strips as effective smoking cessation, weight loss and sexual-performance aids. The FTC ...
FTC says robocalls complaints down over 50% since 2021 Useful research on consumer education needed!Many of us spend much time and resources developing consumer education materials, and it would be great to find things that make those more effective. Professor Anthony Pratkanis has compiled and con...
For additional resources on text scams, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has provided a helpfularticle. If you’re dealing with unwanted commercial texts, you can report the number to the FTC by following thislink. Are you receiving unsolicited robocalls and texts?Click hereto report those numb...
According to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), spam texts “can be an even greater risk to consumers than unwanted robocalls.” They can contain links that direct you to malware. Alternatively they can trick you into starting conversations with criminals who want to steal your money or...
Spam calls and texts are unarguably annoying and disruptive, so it's a good idea to get acquainted with the tools and apps you can use to stop them. Here are a few oniOS. ForiPhoneusers, there are a number of solutions you can deploy to put an end to robocalls, scammers, annoying ...
ROBOCALLS More often than not, if you receive a call from an automated message that’s been pre-recorded, it’s probably a type of spam call known as a robocall. These are a type of blast call that is sent out to millions of phone numbers at one time. In most cases, these come wi...