There are 10 article(s) tagged Federal Trade Commission:

• June 2024

  • Hutchinson: Don’t trust your data won’t be misused online

    Personal information collected in an app could be misused despite data broker’s promises and privacy policies, so businesses must be sure the benefit of using it is worth the risk.

    By Randy Hutchinson June 15, 2024

• May 2024

  • Guest column: Navigating new noncompete agreements

    The Federal Trade Commission’s new rule on noncompete agreements is scheduled to take effect Sept. 4, and it’s essential for both employers and employees to understand its implications.

    By Jacob Swatley May 30, 2024

• July 2022

  • Guest column: Scams on the rise, with social media a heavy contributor

    More than one in four people who reported to the Federal Trade Commission that they lost money in a scam in 2021 say it originated on social media, an 18-fold increase over 2017.

    By Randy Hutchinson July 02, 2022

• May 2022

  • Guest Column: Regulators crack down on fake reviews

    A recent survey found that 77% of consumers “always” or “regularly” read reviews from other consumers. That was up from 60% in the prior survey.

    By Randy Hutchinson May 08, 2022

• April 2022

  • Guest column: Amazon impersonation scams run rampant

    From July 2020 to June 2021, 96,000 people reported an Amazon scam to the FTC. Only a small percentage of people report scams, so the actual numbers are much higher.

    By Randy Hutchinson April 09, 2022

• March 2022

  • Guest column: FTC cracks down on abusive debt-collection tactics

    The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act governs collection agencies and other third-party collectors.

    By Randy Hutchinson March 19, 2022

• November 2020

  • Stryker expects Wright Medical deal to close this month

    Medical device maker Stryker Corp. last week reported strong third quarter earnings and momentum in the extremities and trauma business heading into 2021 after the planned addition of Wright Medical.

    By Wayne Risher November 04, 2020

• January 2019

  • FTC’s Cooling-Off Rule may help with buyer’s remorse

    The Better Business Bureau often receives complaints that make it clear the consumers didn’t realize they had the right to change their mind about a transaction. The merchant involved may have been blissfully, or willfully, ignorant of its obligation to inform the consumers of their rights and to provide the required form.

    By Randy Hutchinson January 30, 2019

• December 2018

  • MoneyGram charged (again) with facilitating fraud

    An old adage says “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.” The Federal Trade Commission didn’t take kindly to being fooled twice by MoneyGram International and imposed a $125 million fine on the company, which operates a network of about 350,000 money transfer locations worldwide. The Department of Justice said MoneyGram also violated a similar agreement it reached with the company in 2012.

    By Randy Hutchinson December 29, 2018

  • Hutchinson: ‘All natural’ means all natural

    Even if you’re not a chemist, you’ll probably surmise that butyloctyl salicylate and polyquaternium-37 are not naturally occurring substances. Yet they and other synthetic ingredients with similarly difficult-to-pronounce names were contained in products marketed as “all natural” or “100 percent natural.”

    By Randy Hutchinson December 01, 2018