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Consumer Information

  • Ads for International Drivers' Licenses or Permits Could Be a Dead End [TEXT] [PDF]

  • After a Disaster: Repairing Your Home [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Aging Parents and Adult Children Together (A/PACT) [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Alaskan Native Art [TEXT] [PDF]

  • All That Glitters... How to Buy Jewelry [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Auction Guides: Not So Hot Properties [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Beloved...Bejeweled...Be Careful: What to Know Before You Buy Jewelry [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Buying a Washing Machine? It's a Load-ed Question [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Buying Cashmere? Avoid Pulled Wool [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Buying Gold and Gemstone Jewelry: The Heart of the Matter [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Buying Time: The Facts About Pre-Paid Phone Cards [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Can Anti-Snoring Claims Be Cause for Alarm? [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Caring for Your Clothes [TEXT]

  • Choosing a Career or Vocational School [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Cigars: No Such Thing As a Safe Smoke [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Clothing Care Symbol Guide [TEXT]

  • Continuity Plans: Coming to You Like Clockwork [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Cost of "Free" Adult Content Adds Up [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Eco-Speak: A User’s Guide to the Language of Recycling [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Electronic Checkout Scanners Campaign [TEXT]

  • Energy Efficient Light Bulbs: A Bright Idea [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Entertainment Ratings: Pocket Guide [TEXT] [PDF]

  • 'Free Grants': Don't Take Them For Grant-ed [TEXT] [PDF]

  • "Free" and "Low-Cost" PC Offers. Go Figure. [TEXT] [PDF]

  • FTC Explains ‘Made in USA’ Standard To Confirm Cons. Confidence [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Funerals: A Consumer Guide [TEXT]

  • The Gifting Club "Gotcha" [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Green Card Lottery Scams [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Guide to the Federal Trade Commission [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Holiday Shopping: Is a Sale Price Your Best Deal? [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Home-Use Tests For HIV Can Be Inaccurate, FTC Warns [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Home Improvement: Tools You Can Use Campaign [TEXT]

  • Home Insulation Basics: Higher R-Values = Higher Insulating Values [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Home Sweet Home Improvement [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Home Remodeling (audio) [TEXT] [RAM] [MP3]

  • Paying Upfront: Home Improvements (audio) [TEXT] [RAM] [MP3]

  • How to Buy Genuine American Indian Arts and Crafts [TEXT] [PDF]

  • How to Right a Wrong [TEXT] [PDF]

  • If You've Got "The Look" ... Look Out! Avoiding Modeling Scams [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Modeling Scams (audio) [TEXT] [RAM] [MP3]

  • Internet Auctions: A Guide for Buyer and Sellers [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Invention Promotion Firms [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Jingle Bells, Jingle Sells: Tips for Holiday Shopping [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Kitchen Gadgets Offer Food for "Thaw-t" [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Living Trust Offers: How to Make Sure They're Trust-worthy [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Long Distance Deals [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Lotions and Potions: The Bottom Line About Multilevel Marketing Plans [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Making Sense of Long Distance Advertising [TEXT]

  • Making Sure the Scanned Price Is Right [TEXT] [PDF]

  • More Than Once Upon a Mattress: Used Bedding Labeling Rules [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Prenotification Negative Option Plans [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Need a Lawyer? Judge for Yourself [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Now Consumers Can Tell It to the FTC - Toll-Free [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Personal Emergency Response Systems [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Petal Pushers: Is Your 'Local' Florist Really Long-Distance? [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Problems With Holiday Purchases? [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Project CLEAN Campaign [TEXT]

  • Pump Fiction [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Radiation Shields: Do They 'Cell' Consumers Short? [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Resolving Consumer Disputes: Mediation and Arbitration [TEXT] [PDF]

  • A Rose Is A Rose Is A Ruse? Campaign [TEXT]

  • Safe Shopping Tips (Holiday Shopping Tips) [TEXT]

  • Service Contracts [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Servicing Your Furnace (audio) [RAM] [MP3]

  • So You've Got a Great Idea? Campaign [TEXT]

  • Solving Consumer Problems [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Spotting Sweet-Sounding Promises of Fraudulent Invention Promotion Firms [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Sun-Protective Clothing: Wear It Well [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Sunscreens and Sun-Protective Clothing [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Taking the "Bait" Out of Rebates [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Thinking About a Home Improvement? Don't Get Nailed [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Tips for Making Environmental Marketing Claims on Mail [TEXT]

  • Trial Offers: The Deal Is in the Details [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Unordered Merchandise [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Up In Smoke: The Truth About Tar and Nicotine Ratings [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Using Internet Access Products [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Warranties [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Wash Daze: Laundry Gadgets Won't Lighten the Load [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Weathering the High Cost of Heating Your Home [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Who Cares: Sources of Information About Health Care Products and Services [TEXT]

  • Wish I Was There Campaign (Operation Trip Trap - Travel Scams) [TEXT]

Business Information

  • A Businessperson's Guide to Federal Warranty Law [TEXT]

  • Appliance Labeling Rule Homepage [TEXT]

  • Big Print. Little Print. What's the Deal? How to Disclose the Details [TEXT] [PDF]

  • A Business Guide to the Federal Trade Commission's: MAIL OR TELEPHONE ORDER MERCHANDISE RULE [TEXT] [PDF]

  • The Cachet of Cashmere: Complying with the Wool Products Labeling Act [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Calling It Cotton: Labeling & Advertising Cotton Products [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Clothes Captioning: Complying with the Care Labeling Rule [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Complying with the Environmental Marketing Guides [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Complying with the FTC's Appliance Labeling Rule [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Complying with the Funeral Rule [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Complying with the Made In the USA Standard [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Disclosing Energy Efficiency Information: A Guide for Online Sellers of Appliances [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Down...But Not Out: Advertising & Labeling of Feather and Down Products [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Environmental Marketing Claims [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Five Steps to Avoiding Office Supply Scams [TEXT] [PDF]

  • FTC Offers RN Applications Online [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Good Pricing Practices? SCAN DO [TEXT] [PDF]

  • How to Comply With The Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule [TEXT] [PDF]

  • In-FUR-mation - How to Comply with the Fur Products Labeling Act [TEXT] [PDF]

  • In The Loupe: Advertising Diamonds, Gemstones and Pearls [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Internet Auctions: A Guide for Buyer and Sellers [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Labeling Alternative Fueled Vehicles [TEXT]

  • Labeling Alternative Fuels [TEXT]

  • Measuring Up! Good Packaging Practices for Dairy Products [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Offering Layaways [TEXT]

  • Project BOSS: Banish Office Supply Scams [TEXT]

  • Project Boss Video News Release [length: 3 mins, 13 sec] Real Media Windows Media

  • Selling 'American-Made' Products? What Businesses Need to Know About Making Made in USA Claims [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Selling on the Internet: Prompt Delivery Rules [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Threading Your Way Through the Labeling Requirements Under the Textile and Wool Acts [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Website Woes: Avoiding Web Service Scams [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Wedding Gown Labels: Unveiling the Requirements [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Writing Readable Warranties [TEXT]

Guides

  • Guides for the Household Furniture Industry [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Guides for the Jewelry, Precious Metals, and Pewter Industries [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Jewelry Guides and Information [TEXT]

Policy Statements

  • Enforcement Policy Statement on Food Advertising [TEXT]

  • Enforcement Policy Statement on US Origin Claims (Made In USA) [TEXT]

  • Joint FCC/FTC Policy Statement For the Advertising of Dial-Around And Other Long-Distance Services To Consumers [PDF]

  • "Made In USA" Standard - Homepage [TEXT]

Rules and Acts

  • Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act [TEXT]

  • Energy Policy Act of 1992 [TEXT]

  • Fair Packaging and Labeling Act [TEXT]

  • Fur Products Labeling Act [TEXT]

  • Magnuson Moss Warranty-Federal Trade Commission Improvements Act [TEXT]

  • Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 [TEXT]

  • Textile Fiber Products Identification Act [TEXT]

  • Wool Products Labeling Act [TEXT]

Staff Comments and Letters

  • Staff Report: Milk: Does It Measure Up? --One Year Later-- (08/98) [TEXT]

  • Staff Report: Milk: Does It Measure Up? (7/97) [TEXT]

  • Staff Report: PRICE CHECK: A Report on the Accuracy of Checkout Scanners(10/96) [TEXT] [PDF]

  • Staff Report: Revised FTC, Justice Dept Policy Statements on Health Care Antritrust Enforcement (8/96) [TEXT] [PDF]

Workshops

  • "Made in USA" Review [TEXT]

Business Resources


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En Español

  • Amado...Adornado...¡Con cuidado! [TEXT] [PDF]
    Beloved...Bejeweled...Be Careful

  • Comprando Oro y Piedras Preciosas: Llegando al Grano [TEXT] [PDF]
    Buying Gold and Gemstone Jewelery: The Heart of the Matter

  • Cómo Reparar su Casa Después de un Desastre [TEXT] [PDF]
    After a Disaster: Repairing Your Home

  • Escudos de Radiación: ¿Afectan las células de los consumidores? [TEXT] [PDF]
    Radiation Shields: Do They 'Cell' Consumers Short?

  • Funerales: Guía para el Consumidor[TEXT]
    Funerals: A Consumer Guide

  • Hogar, Dulce ...Remodelación del Hogar [TEXT]
    Home Sweet Home ... Improvement

  • Los Anuncios de Licencias o Permisos Internacionales para Conducir Pueden Ser un Callejón sin Salida [TEXT] [PDF]
    Ads for International Driver's Licenses or Permits Could Be a Dead End

  • ¿Necesita un Abogado? Sea Usted el Juez [TEXT] [PDF]
    Need a Lawyer? Judge for Yourself

  • Quien ha Dormido en su Colchon: Reglamentos Sobre Etiquetas Para Colchones Usados [TEXT] [PDF]
    More Than Once Upon a Mattress: Used Bedding Labeling Rules

  • Recomendaciones para unas Felices Compras de Fin de Año [TEXT]
    Jingle Bells, Jingle Sells: Tips for Holiday Shopping

  • Su Boleto para Adquirir Enseres del Hogar Eficientes [PDF]
    The EnergyGuide Label: Your Ticket to Energy-Efficient Appliances

  • Todo lo que brilla... Cómo comprar joyas [TEXT] [PDF]
    All That Glitters ... How to Buy Jewelery

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 7, 2004