Management of these efforts includes bringing enforcement action against companies that violate consumer protection guidelines and regulations. For example, the FTC has brought more than 100 enforcement actions against companies and telemarketers for Do Not Call violations, according to the FTC website....
Its authority to regulate on behalf of consumer protections comes from The Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC Act), which has broad jurisdiction over commercial entities under its authority to prevent unfair or "deceptive trade practices." While the FTC uses its authority to issue regulations, ...
t do. Especially since the FTC influencer guidelines were published, the agencyhas been cracking downon those who don’t play by the rules. While the guidelines don’t necessarily have the force of law yet, the FTC is still enforcing many of the rules as codified in existing regulations. ...
Sinceproposing the new rule, the FTC has received more than 26,000 public comments on the regulations. The final rule adopted "would generally prevent most employers from using noncompete clauses," the FTC said in a statement. The agency's action comes more than two years afterPresident Biden...
large corporations are subject tocybersecurityand data protection standards set by regulatory bodies like the USA’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the European Union’sGeneral Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), or Australia’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) to strengtheninformation security....
On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission voted to ban non-compete clauses against workers, deeming them an unfair method of competition and declaring them unenforceable. The ruling was codified in the Code of Federal Regulations as 16 CFR § 910 and is
that deceptive practices related to reviews have eroded consumer trust, leading to suboptimal purchasing decisions and reducing overall consumer welfare. The FTC aims to restore transparency and confidence in the marketplace by enforcing stricter regulations, ultimately benefiting consumers and honest ...
AI-generated and fake reviews now violate FTC regulations.Credit: Peace-loving / Shutterstock.com The Federal Trade Commission has announced a new rule that should theoretically make online user reviews of products more useful. In apress release, the FTC announced a finalized set of guidelines aimed...
The FTC continues to discourage anticompetitive behavior through the Bureau of Competition, which reviews proposedmergerstogether with the Department of Justice (DOJ). As the years have passed, the FTC has been tasked with enforcing additional business regulations, as codified in Title 16 of the Cod...
Service contracts can't be canceled after you've signed them but there's a cooling-off period during which you might be able to void a contract under certain circumstances, according to the FTC.2Contact the agency atFTC.govfor information on the correct way to approach your particular situati...