(BUSINESS MARKETING) The FTC is tired of issuing warnings about influencer marketing and being ignored so now, they're going straight to the source.
(BUSINESS NEWS) The FTC has decided to look into Amazon's insanely low prices as a potentially unethical practice. Yikes!
(TECH NEWS) Instagram influencers are getting slaps on the wrist for omitting the truth about their sneaky posts.
(BUSINESS NEWS) The royalty business was paying off for Qualcomm, but lawsuits are now ripping them to shreds. Will Apple's newest claims finish them?
(ADVERTISING NEWS) Warner Brothers paid influencers tens of thousands of dollars to post sponsored videos on YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook. The FTC looked into it and...
This week began a federal court hearing where Staples and Office Depot are having to make their cases for their merger. At the heart of the...
Bloggers required to reveal biz partnerships This past week, Google advised bloggers to disclose relationships when they were talking about products in exchange for freebies. In...
Accusations state that only those salespeople at the top of the company make money, while more than 90% of distributors earn nothing or even lose out.
Teens may be more seemingly saavy when it comes to using technology, but that doesn’t mean they’re more aware of the subtleties of the internet. Particularly,...
Sneaky ads and fake news stories are getting new guidelines from the Federal Trade Commission - you might want to read up if you include sponsored...
(Social Media) FTC investigation found no information to confirm allegations that Yelp has manipulated reviews to give preferential placement to advertisers.
(Business News) The FTC recently got involved in the proposed acquisition of DataQuick by CoreLogic, but who alerted the FTC and why?
(Business News) The work at home scams are numerous, but the FTC has cornered a handful of them, settling for over $55.3 million. We'll see what...
Office Depot and OfficeMax have been in merger talks for quite some time now, with the FTC finally approving the deal which can now move forward.
The Do Not Call laws are strict and inflexible, and a leading mortgage brokerage targeted U.S. servicemembers, even when appearing on the Do Not Call registry.
The Federal Trade Commission has settled with Equifax for their selling lists of late borrowers' information, and failing to act when that information was resold over...
Facebook settles with the FTC In 2008, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charged Facebook for violating users’ privacy and today, a settlement agreement has finally been...
Facebook tracking all users even after logged out It was recently exposed by Dave Winer at Scripting.com that Facebook keeps tabs on where you are browsing...
Latest Short Sale News A couple of pretty exciting things happened in the short sale world over the last few days. For one, the FTC issued...
FTC to Refocus Privacy Efforts So I’ve notice a good deal of discussion here on Agent Genius related to privacy. I thought I’d devote this post...
… Says an FTC Ruling. In a 4-0 ruling today, the FTC says Realcomp II acted to restrict consumers access to discounted listings through it’s websites,...
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