FTC, states target online-auction fraud

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Federal and state authorities plan to more closely target fraud on online-auction sites, following a massive number of consumer complaints in 1999. The Federal Trade Commission announced plans to work in concert with eBay Inc. to streamline the fraud reporting process.

Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors, Consumer Protection Programs NEC, Consumer Protection-State, Consumer protection, Fraud

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Antitrust concerns spur FTC to look into AOL's instant messaging

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The Federal Trade Commission is investigating America Online Inc.'s dominance in the instant-messaging market, as part of an overall review of AOL's proposed merger with Time Warner Inc. AOL's ICQ and Instant Messenger services are two of the Web's most popular services and are closed to those users unregistered with AOL.

Diversified Companies, Asset sales & divestitures, Acquisitions & mergers, Company legal issue, Cases, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Company acquisition/merger, Acquisitions and mergers, Mass media industry, Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., AOL, Antitrust law

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FTC tackles an 'anonymous' Web survey

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Liberty Financial Cos. is being cited by the FTC over a misleading World Wide Web site for children which asks them confidential information. Without admitting wrongdoing, Liberty agreed to a consent decree which limits the questions asked on the Web site. The FTC's primary concern was that the data input was collected and maintained, with home and e-mail addresses, despite the fact that the Web page called the survey 'anonymous'. Liberty Financial claims that the information was never sold or used.

Marketing procedures, Life Insurance, Direct Life Insurance Carriers, Regulation/Ethics, Marketing, Insurance industry, Life insurance industry, Privacy, Right of, Right of privacy, Liberty Financial Companies Inc., L, Market surveys

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