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Standard Industries LLC
In July 2017, the FTC obtained court orders against this Maryland-based office supply operation charged with tricking small businesses, non-profit organizations, and other consumers into paying for overpriced office and cleaning supplies they never ordered. The stipulated orders setting the FTC’s complaint barred the company and its principals from telemarketing office and cleaning supplies. It also imposed a financial judgment against them, resulting in the Commission sending refund checks totaling more than $11.6 million to small businesses and other organizations in August 2019.
Type of Action
Â鶹´«Ã½
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
132 3275
X140044
152 3246
Plain Language Guidance
Tips for Retailers: How to Review Charity Requests
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As a business leader in your community, you may be asked to support local or national charities. Supporting a charity can be a great thing to do, but before you give your time, money, or your business...
File
charityrequestform.pdf
(527.95 KB)
Plain Language Guidance
Online Charitable Giving Portals
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Many online retailers, social media hubs, crowd-funding sites, and other online platforms offer “giving portals†that provide a list of charities people can choose to support directly from the online...
Plain Language Guidance
Digital Copier Data Security: A Guide for Businesses
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Digital Copiers are Computers Today’s generation of networked multifunction devices — known as “digital copiers†— are “smart†machines that are used for more than just copying; they can do everything...
File
bus43-copier-data-security.pdf
(342.98 KB)
Plain Language Guidance
Small Business Computer Security Basics
Date
Here are a few computer security basics to help your company, even if you’re the only employee. If you have employees, train them to follow these tips. If you collect any consumer information, also...
Fair Guide (Construct Data Publishers d/b/a Fair Guide)
Type of Action
Â鶹´«Ã½
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
132 3001
X130040
Plain Language Guidance
Using Consumer Reports: What Employers Need to Know
Date
Your company has job vacancies to fill. You're also thinking about promoting some employees from within the company. You've winnowed down the stack of applications and resumes and want to run...
Plain Language Guidance
Protecting Personal Information: A Guide for Business
Date
Most companies keep sensitive personal information in their files—names, Social Security numbers, credit card, or other account data—that identifies customers or employees. This information often is...
File
Plain Language Guidance
What Employment Background Screening Companies Need to Know About the Fair Credit Reporting Act
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When is an employment background screening company a “consumer reporting agency� Background screening reports are “consumer reports†under the FCRA when they serve as a factor in determining a person...
Accretive Health, Inc., In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
122 3077
Plain Language Guidance
Background Checks: What Employers Need to Know
Date
A joint publication of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission When making personnel decisions — including hiring, retention, promotion, and reassignment —...
File
FTC Warns Data Broker Operations of Possible Privacy Violations
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission sent letters to ten data broker companies warning that their practices could violate the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) after a test-shopping operation by the FTC...
Filiquarian Publishing, LLC; Choice Level, LLC; and Joshua Linsk, In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
112 3195
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