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Mar02

National Consumer Protection Week

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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission, in collaboration with 74 federal, state and local agencies, consumer groups, and national organizations, celebrates National Consumer Protection Week, beginning Sunday...

FTC Halts Computer Spying

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Seven rent-to-own companies and a software design firm have agreed to settle Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission charges that they spied on consumers using computers that consumers rented from them, capturing...
Jul11

Spam Summit: The Next Generation of Threats and Solutions

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The FTC hosted a summit that brought together experts from the business, government, and technology sectors, consumer advocates, and academics to explore consumer protection issues surrounding spam...
Business Blog

Can your staff spot the five most common text message scams?

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According to reports in the FTC’s Consumer Sentinel database, text message scams took consumers for $330 million in 2022. The latest Consumer Protection Data Spotlight focuses on this form of fraud...
Business Blog

Chatbots, deepfakes, and voice clones: AI deception for sale

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You may have heard of simulation theory, the notion that nothing is real and we’re all part of a giant computer program. Let’s assume at least for the length of this blog post that this notion is...
Business Blog

How readiness can help protect veteran-owned businesses

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Army brats like me grew up around the word “readiness.†We knew it meant weeks or even months of a parent away on deployment, training for “What if . . .†scenarios. One of the reasons so many...
Business Blog

Business owners: Scams will follow new rescue plan

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The pandemic is still taking a toll on your customers, your employees – and your business. The new American Rescue Plan, just signed into law, gets the ball rolling to help out on many people’s...
Business Blog

Business owners: Latest COVID scam is directed at you

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Fraudsters have concocted a new COVID-related scam and this time they have businesses in their sights. According to reports, business owners are getting emails that appear to be about government...
Business Blog

The FTC Chairman is not writing to you

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If you saw an email from FTC Chairman Joseph Simons, it wasn’t. From him, that is. Scammers pretending to be him are emailing, though. They’re trying to trick you into turning over personal...