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Data theft: Guess who the FTC is targeting?
The Federal Trade Commission opened a potentially significant new front Friday in its efforts to protect consumers against data theft. The commission announced a settlement with mobile device manufacturer HTC America that requires the company to plug...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Politics, HTC Corp., Consumers
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Anthem halts plan to require some drug purchases by mail
Anthem Blue Cross is backing off a decision to require some policyholders to buy their prescription drugs from a single mail-order pharmacy — a requirement that the California attorney general's office said may be illegal. Anthem, California's...Tags: Diabetes, Multiple Sclerosis, Depression, Healthcare Provider, Heart Disease
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Consumers need better way to fix credit reporting errors
About 10 million consumers, through no fault of their own, have serious errors on their credit reports, raising troubling questions about people's ability to secure loans and the fairness of interest rates they're charged. In the first study of its...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Sales, Consumers, Equifax Incorporated, Chicago Mortgages
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FTC warns hotels about 'drip pricing,' but is it enough?
Consumers continue to get dinged and, worse, surprised by "resort" fees that often aren't quoted upfront in the hotel booking process. This one lump-sum fee often covers such items as phone calls, bottled water, Internet access, access to the pool or...Tags: Personal Service, Food Industry, Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Consumer Protection, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Consumers
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Find truth in the fine print
Tribune NewsMouse print: It's the catch, the gotcha, the bait-and-switch. It's print advertising's tiny type, fit for reading by mice, or a speed-talked disclaimer on TV or radio that often makes an advertised claim false or misleading. "FREE BOX OF CORN FLAKES...Tags: Fines, Entertainment Events, Consumers, ABC (tv network), American Music Awards
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Credit report errors can cost you
A young Poconos man nearly was in tears when we talked about his credit reports. He said his father's medical debts mistakenly were showing up on his reports, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get them removed. He was trying to get loans to...Tags: Allentown, Politics, Credit and Debt, National Government, Media Industry
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FTC says 5.2% of consumers had significant errors on credit reports
WASHINGTON -- About one in 20 consumers had significant errors on their credit reports that could cause them to pay more for auto loans and other financial products, according to a Federal Trade Commission report released Monday. The study also found...Tags: U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consumers, Finance, Equifax Incorporated, Economy, Business and Finance
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Feds call on app makers to take privacy more seriously
Federal regulators have warned the mobile-app industry that if it doesn't take people's privacy more seriously, lawmakers will likely lower the boom. The Federal Trade Commission is urging smartphone and tablet app developers to include "do not track"...
Tags: Computer Hardware, Consumers, Business
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FTC: Give mobile device users more privacy disclosures -- or else
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Federal Trade Commission called on the fast-growing mobile device marketplace to do a better job of alerting consumers to what the various market players do with their personal information. It released guidelines for mobile...
Tags: Sociology, Consumers, Kamala D. Harris, Conservation, Google Inc.
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Mobile social networking app Path settles with FTC for $800,000
SAN FRANCISCO -- Mobile social networking app Path has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived users by collecting personal information from their mobile address books without their knowledge or permission. The San Francisco company...
Tags: Networking, Twitter, Inc., Media Industry, Sociology, Social Media
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Business accused of operating 'massive pyramid scheme'
Attorney General Jack Conway and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced today they have taken legal action against Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing, an alleged global pyramid scheme operating since 2001 from its corporate headquarters in Lexington. The...
Tags: Consumers, Satellite Technology, Trials, Court Preliminary, Crime, Law and Justice
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Feds say retailers bamboozled shoppers into thinking they were buying green products
Watchdog with Paul MuschickIf you bought certain blankets, sheets or clothing from Amazon.com, Macy's, Sears, Kmart or Leon Max several years ago thinking it was environmentally friendly because it was made of bamboo, it might not have been. Authorities allege the retailers were......
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