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FTC Takes Action against Second VoIP Service Provider for Facilitating Illegal Telemarketing Robocalls
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service provider Alcazar Networks Inc.
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FTC Comment to Department of Veterans Affairs Supports Agency’s Interim Final Rule on VA Professionals’ Authority to Practice Health Care
The Federal Trade Commission staff has submitted a comment to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in response to its request for comment on its Interim Final Rule titled Authority of VA Professionals to Practice Health Care . The comment supports the Rule, which confirms the VA’s current...
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FTC to Study the Impact of Physician Group and Healthcare Facility Mergers
The Federal Trade Commission has issued orders to six health insurance companies to provide information that will allow the agency to study the effects of physician group and healthcare facility consolidation that occurred from 2015 through 2020. This study is part of a broader initiative recently...
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Developer of Popular Women’s Fertility-Tracking App Settles FTC Allegations that It Misled Consumers About the Disclosure of their Health Data
The developer of a period and fertility-tracking app used by more than 100 million consumers has settled Federal Trade Commission allegations that the company shared the health information of users with outside data analytics providers after promising that such information would be kept private...
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FTC Publishes Inflation-Adjusted Civil Penalty Amounts for 2021
The Federal Trade Commission has adjusted the maximum civil penalty dollar amounts for violations of 16 provisions of law the FTC enforces, as required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015. The Act directs agencies to implement annual inflation...
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Jul
27
PrivacyCon 2021
The FTC will host its sixth annual PrivacyCon on July 27, 2021. PrivacyCon 2021 will bring together a diverse group of stakeholders, including researchers, academics, industry representatives, consumer advocates, and government regulators, to discuss the latest research and trends...Past Events
Jan
11
Cmr. Chopra remarks at event hosted by Truth in Advertising
FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra will deliver remarks on the FTC’s remedial authorities at a virtual event hosted by Truthinadvertising.org. To learn more about this event and to register, please visit https://www.truthinadvertising.org/ftcs-remedial-authority-after-amg/.
Dec
28
Prehearing scheduling conference in the matter of Hackensack Meridian Health, Inc. et al.
Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell will direct a prehearing scheduling conference in the matter of Hackensack Meridian Health, Inc. et al., Docket No. 9399. Available via phone: 844-291-5490 with access code 667263, 4:00 PM ET
Dec
23
