SECURITY
Video News Releases

Consumer Information Security
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News Releases

Risks of Online File Sharing Topic of FTC Consumer Alert (8/1/03) [TXT]

Guess Settles FTC Security Charges; Third FTC Case Targets False Claims about Information Security (6/18/03) [TXT]

Spread the word about Information Security: Run this story in your newsletter [TXT] [PDF]

FTC Working to Protect Consumers and Businesses From Information Security Breaches [TXT]

Commission Testimony, presented by Commissioner Swindle

Fall Back? Time for a Security Check [PDF]

"CREATING A CULTURE OF SECURITY"
Remarks by Commissioner Orson Swindle
Cleveland, Ohio (September 26, 2002) [TXT]

FTC Launches Internet Security Initiative
Commissioner Orson Swindle Calls for the Creation of a "Culture of Security" (Sept. 26, 2002) [TXT]

FTC to Introduce New Internet Safety Icon, "Dewie The Turtle," at Privacy2002 Conference in Cleveland
(Sept. 26, 2002) [TXT]

OECD Issues Guidelines for the Security of Information Systems and Networks: Towards a Culture of Security [TXT]

Publications

Safe at Any Speed: How to Stay Safe Online if You Use High-Speed Internet Access [TXT] [PDF]

Events

Public Workshop on Consumer Information Security (May 20-21, 2002) [TXT]

E-COMMERCE
Sound Clips

Computer Dialer Fraud (0:58) [TXT] [RAM] [MP3]

High-Tech Scenario: Modem Redialing (0:56) [TXT] [RAM] [MP3]

Sightseeing on the Internet (0:30) [TXT] [MP3]

SPAM

Spam Email Mini-site [TXT]

Unsolicited Faxes (0:58) [TXT] [RAM] [MP3]

Consumer Feature:
Putting a Lid on Deceptive Spam (July 2002) [TXT] [PDF]

News Releases

FTC and International Agencies Announce “Operation Secure Your Server” (1/29/04) [TXT]

Who’s Spamming Who? Could It Be You? (1/28/04) [TXT]

FTC Obtains Order Barring Pop-up Spam Scam, Urges Consumers to Take Steps to Protect Themselves (11/6/03) [TXT]

Chain Letter Spammers Settle FTC Charges(9/26/03) [TXT]

FTC Chairman Calls Spam "One of the Most Daunting Consumer Protection Problems FTC Has Ever Faced" (8/19/03) [TXT]

Law Enforcement Posse Tackles Internet Scammers, Deceptive Spammers (5/15/03) [TXT]

PRIVACY
News Releases

Identity Thief Goes “Phishing” for Consumers’ Credit Information (7/21/03) [TXT]

Information Brokers Settle FTC Charges (3/8/02) [TXT]

FTC Releases Wireless Workshop Summary (3/1/02) [TXT]

Eli Lilly Settles FTC Charges Concerning Security Breach (1/18/02) [TXT]

FTC Chairman Announces Aggressive, Pro-Consumer Privacy Agenda (10/4/01) [TXT]

Online Pharmacies Settle FTC Charges (7/12/00) [TXT]

FTC Sues Failed Website, Toysmart.com, for Deceptively Offering for Sale Personal Information of Website Visitors (7/10/00) [TXT]

FTC Issues Final Rule on Privacy of Consumer Financial Information (5/15/00) [TXT]

Online Auction Site Settles FTC Privacy Charges: Personal Identifying Information Hijacked From Competitor's Site; Many Consumers Sent Deceptive Spam (January 6, 2000) [TXT]

Internet Site Agrees to Settle FTC Charges of Deceptively Collecting Personal Information in Agency's First Internet Privacy Case (August 13, 1998) [TXT]

Statements and Events

Statement of Chairman Timothy J. Muris: Protecting Consumers' Privacy: 2002 and Beyond [TXT]

Statement of Commissioner Sheila Anthony [TXT]

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On "Online Profiling: Benefits and Concerns," Presented by Jodie Bernstein, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate (6/13/00) [TXT]

Statement of Commission Orson Swindle Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part to Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission on "Online Profiling: Benefits and Concerns" [TXT]

Reports, Letters and Workshops [TXT]

Sound Clips

Protect Your Personal Information (1:01) [TXT] [RAM] [MP3]

CHILDREN’S ONLINE PRIVACY
News Releases

FTC Protecting Children's Privacy Online (April 22, 2002) [TXT]

Popcorn Company Settles FTC Privacy Violation Charges (February 14, 2002) [TXT]

Web Site Targeting Girls Settles FTC Privacy Charges (October 2, 2001) [TXT]

TRUSTe Earns "Safe Harbor" Status (May 23, 2001) [TXT]

Entertainment Software Rating Board Awarded "Safe Harbor" Status (April 19, 2001) [TXT]

FTC Announces Settlements with Web Sites That Collected Children's Personal Data Without Parental Permission (April 19, 2001) [TXT]

FTC Announces Settlement With Bankrupt Website, Toysmart.com, Regarding Alleged Privacy Policy Violations (July 21, 2000) [TXT]

Web Sites Warned to Comply With Children's Online Privacy Law (July 17, 2000) [TXT]

Young Investor Website Settles FTC Charges: Agency Alleged Website Made False Promises About Collection of Personal Information from Children and Teens (May 6, 1999) [TXT]

Sound Clips

Kids' Privacy Online: Announcer Copy (0:30) [TXT] [MP3]

Moms Talk About Kids' Privacy Online (0:60) [TXT] [MP3]

Parent and Child Talk about Online Safety (0:60) [TXT] [MP3]

IDENTITY THEFT
News Releases

ID Theft Website [TXT]

ID Theft Affidavit [PDF]

Top Ten Dot Cons: Consumer Information (12/18/00) [TXT]

Sound clips

Identity Theft (1:03) [TXT] [RAM] [MP3]