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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation Federal Trade Commission
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of
Fellow of Trinity College (Dublin).
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- initialism US Initialism of Federal Trade Commission.
- initialism US Initialism of Federal Transfer Center.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an independent agency of the United States federal government that maintains fair and free competition; enforces federal antitrust laws; educates the public about identity theft
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Identity Theft Statistics: * The Federal Trade Commission: www. ftc.gov • Consumer Sentinel now • The FTC received over 800,000 contains over 4.3 Million Consumer Sentinel complaints in
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If the FTC is actually publicly admitting this, it stands about zero shot of being upheld in any court.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Walter Olson on the FTC vs. Bloggers 2009
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FTC is concerned with non-FDA-approved claims — need strong science to back them up.
Archive 2009-10-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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The FTC is expected to release a report within weeks with policy recommendations on how to protect Internet users from harmful business practices.
White House Internet privacy committee puts out charter Cecilia Kang 2010
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(Turns out the FTC is currently seeking public comment on the negative option rule.)
Archive 2009-07-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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FTC is concerned with non-FDA-approved claims — need strong science to back them up.
Arnold & Porter Webinar on False Advertising Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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The first step for the FTC is to improve the integrity of its current system for taking user complaints.
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Also see how the FTC is cracking down on producers claims that products are biodegradable.
Trust, plastic bottles, BYOB, Operation Mixed Wine – sipped and spit | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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If the FTC is going to protect privacy it must be able to gauge public sentiment and measure the efficacy of its policies in an accurate manner.
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For example: paint with an insulating quality that will decrease energy losses 40-60% -- the FTC is now in court on that.
Archive 2009-03-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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