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The Act has been largely unenforced, [4] despite a letter to the FTC from Senator Burns, who noted that "Enforcement is key regarding the CAN-SPAM legislation." In 2004, less than 1% of spam complied with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. [5] The law prescribed the FTC to report back to Congress within 24 months of the effectiveness of the act. [6]
AOL Mail makes it easy to send an unsubscribe request to the sender on your behalf: 1. From your AOL Mail inbox, click on the newsletter or promo email. 2. Click the Spam icon. 3. If you're given the option, click Unsubscribe and you will no longer receive messages from the mailing list.
The new FTC complaint against Amazon makes a different argument: that Amazon breached multiple consumer protection laws and that the court should issue an injunction to block its practices.
In the name of consumer protection, a slew of U.S. federal agencies are working to make it easier for Americans to click the unsubscribe button for unwanted memberships and recurring payment services.
After the passage of the act, the Federal Trade Commission is required to (1) define and prohibit deceptive telemarketing practices; (2) keep telemarketers from practices a reasonable consumer would see as being coercive or invasions of privacy; (3) set restrictions on the time of day and night that unsolicited calls can be made to consumers ...
United States v. Google Inc., No. 3:12-cv-04177 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 16, 2012), is a case in which the United States District Court for the Northern District of California approved a stipulated order for a permanent injunction and a $22.5 million civil penalty judgment, the largest civil penalty the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has ever won in history. [1]
The Federal Trade Commission recently released its list of Top Consumer Fraud Complaints for 2007. And it says that for the seventh year in You're not alone, especially if you were a victim of ...
The core regulatory mission of the FTC, is to promote and ensure consumer protection and to prevent anti-competitive business practices. The consumer protection authority the FTC relied on in this action against Gateway Learning Corp was derived from Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, which prohibits unfair or deceptive trade practices. [4]