Category Archives: FTC

If your email inbox hasn’t been flooded with updated privacy policies from Facebook and other major American companies with whom you have a relationship since May 25, then you probably don’t have email. On that date, the European Union’s (EU) … Continue reading →

The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) bans robocalls (automated or prerecorded messages) made without the prior express written consent of the recipient. In reliance on a 2009 FTC staff opinion, the telemarketing industry believed it had found … Continue reading →

After its promulgation in 2012, I wrote a piece entitled, “Does the New FTC ‘Biz-Op’ Rule Cover Internet ‘Make-Money’ Schemes?” specifically asking about the marketing and sale of web stores. The text of the rule seemed to indicate that the … Continue reading →