Articles, tagged with "federal trade commission", page 1
Credit Reports - How Do I Get My Credit Reports For Free?
Currently, there are three main credit bureaus, Equifax, Experian and Trans Union. You should request your credit report from all three of these agencies. Your information is also available for free from each credit bureau every 12 months. Another option ...
How to Find an FTC-Compliant Debt Settlement Company
Frequently, debt settlement companies make fraudulent claims to potential clients. They might say: "You will only pay 25% of your debts" or "Calls and letters from creditors will automatically stop once you join our program." These are both false statemen...
Website Legal Documents - FTC Cracks Down On Toolbars For Collecting Personal Information
The Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) recent settlement against an online college savings program that used toolbars to collect personal information focused on what its members were actually giving away unwittingly - their personal information and data sec...
2012 Resolution - Avoid 7 New Website Legal Compliance Gotchas
Your personal New Year's resolutions are important. You bet.
However, if you're a SaaS or Internet marketer, your best-laid plans for 2012 may hit the skids if you fail to avoid new website legal compliance gotcha's that emerged in 2011.
So, It's h...
How To Teach A Debt Collector The Disaapearing Act!
One of the biggest violations debt collectors commit during their aggressive debt collections is to lie over the phone. There are many lies that the debt collectors speak over the phone. They do not disclose their names while trying to collect from you. S...
Social Networks And Privacy: Learning From Facebook's Mistakes
Social Networks and Privacy: Learning from Facebook's Mistakes Observers of Internet trends often pronounce that privacy is a fiction and that it is futile to try to reclaim it. Whether that perspective is correct or not does not matter when faced with ...
Identity Theft in America
The costs of identity theft are high, and not to be taken lightly. There are many laws in America that try to prevent identity theft. There are also government branches like the Federal Trade Commission that are dedicated to stopping identity theft. But u...
Mass Joinder Lawsuit Consumer Alert
The California Department of Real Estate has issued the following “CONSUMER ALERT” warning consumers about claims being made by marketers of “Mass Joinder” Lawsuits.
FRAUD WARNING REGARDING LAWSUIT MARKETERS REQUESTING UPFRONT FEES FOR SO-CALLED “MAS...
ID Theft Prevention and Recovery Service: Are You Protected?
Identity theft is the fastest growing consumer crime in the United States. According to the Federal Trade Commission, approximately 9.3 million individuals are victimized by the crime every year, so it’s no wonder that more and more people are turning to ...
U.S. Laws Governing M&A
This past August, the Justice Department made a motion to block the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile, who are the nation’s second- and fourth-largest cell phone carriers. Its motion stated that the $39 billion merger would result in higher prices and ...
Identity Theft Legislation - What sort of Legal System Can Safeguard You.
Around 2004, the U. Utes. House of Representatives Remedies Committee issued a report with some surprising studies about identity theft. These people estimated that about 35 million Americans were subjects of identity theft by 1999-2004. Half of them didn...
The Website Legal Regulation Tsunami Continues - Are You Above Water?
Surfers know that the waves come in periodic sets which are separated by relative lulls. Beginning in 2009, there's been a tsunami of new and complex legal regulations for websites that also seems to be coming in sets.
We're now in a temporary lull, bu...
Google's Market Value Is Close To $200 Billion
Google's stock is approaching half a year a new high on Friday on the probe up to $ 619.50, giving the company a market capitalization of nearly $ 200 billion. Google shares closed at $ 618.23 on Friday, market capitalization of $ 199.23 billion. Google...
four Guidelines for Negotiating With Personal debt Collectors
Negotiate with creditors initially and get the job done out an amicable settlement previous to the account is sold to a debt assortment. This would normally get rid of or lower fees and fees affiliated with your financial debt. Demonstrate collectors that...
How to protect a victim of credit fraud
There are several ways to protect against credit fraud, and is most effective when performed simultaneously. According to the Federal Trade Commission, the amount of dollars stolen through fraud amounts to millions of dollars each year. A victim of a frau...