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Succor borne every minute

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Earnest chats with objects are not so unusual. Mark “The Bird†Fidrych, the famed Detroit Tiger, used to stand on the pitching mound whispering to the baseball. Forky, the highly animate utensil from...
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Consumer health information: Handle with (extreme) care

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What will it take to get businesses to honor the promises they make about the privacy of consumers’ health data? Multiple FTC law enforcement actions in the past year? Two more cases against companies...
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The DNA of privacy and the privacy of DNA

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Companies selling genetic testing products tout the benefits of DNA-based insights – learning more about health, lineage, family tree – so that consumers can seek medical attention, customize their...
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Read these 2023 FTC best sellers to be a better seller in 2024

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Technically we can’t categorize these notable FTC staff publications of 2023 as “best sellers†because they’re available at no charge. But we can say that “best sellers†– our description of law...
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File online comments about FTC’s proposal to ban junk fees

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Junk fees – those hidden and bogus charges that have found their way into a wide variety of transactions – are on consumers’ minds. Based on what they’ve told us, junk fees are on their last nerve...