A consumer said he told the agency Apple is falsely advertising that the device supports Flash
Apple's iPad, announced Wednesday, has already led to one complaint to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in which a consumer charged Apple with false advertising by showing Adobe Flash working on the device.
The groups call Facebook's recent privacy changes 'unfair and deceptive'
Ten privacy and consumer groups, including the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), filed a complaint Thursday with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, saying that Facebook's newly revamped privacy settings are deceptive and unfair.
Commerce Planet charged customers US$59.95 a month after offering free kit
An online marketer offering supposedly free Internet auction kits has settled a complaint filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for charging consumers US$59.95 a month for enrollment in an "online-supplier" program, the FTC said Thursday.
A 2008 data breach resulted from a security tool that was turned off for four months, the FTC says
Data broker ChoicePoint, the victim of a 2004 data breach affecting more than 160,000 U.S. residents, has agreed to strengthen its data security efforts and pay to compensate potential victims of identity theft for a second breach in 2008, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Monday.
Bloggers now must fess up if they get cash or gadgets for writing reviews
Some bloggers may soon have some fessing up to do.
The powerful attack has knocked the FTC's Web site offline
A botnet comprised of about 50,000 infected computers has been waging a war against U.S. government Web sites and causing headaches for businesses in the U.S. and South Korea.
FTC.gov is down for several hours, but no cause is immediately identified
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission's Web site has been down since late morning on Monday, and agency representatives said they don't know what caused the problem.
The Supreme Court upheld an appellate ruling against the agency in February, effectively ending the DRAM-related suit
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has officially dropped its antitrust case against memory maker Rambus, after losing a U.S. Supreme Court case in February.
