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The Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act ( Pub. L. 103–297) is a federal law in the United States aimed at protecting consumers from telemarketing deception and abuse. The act is enforced by the Federal Trade Commission.
The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 ( BAPCPA) ( Pub. L. 109–8 (text) (PDF), 119 Stat. 23, enacted April 20, 2005) is a legislative act that made several significant changes to the United States Bankruptcy Code . Referred to colloquially as the "New Bankruptcy Law", the Act of Congress attempts to, among other ...
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 ( CFAA) is a United States cybersecurity bill that was enacted in 1986 as an amendment to existing computer fraud law ( 18 U.S.C. § 1030 ), which had been included in the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984. [ 1] Prior to computer-specific criminal laws, computer crimes were prosecuted as mail and ...
The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 ( FACT Act or FACTA, Pub. L. 108–159 (text) (PDF)) is a U.S. federal law, passed by the United States Congress on November 22, 2003, [ 1] and signed by President George W. Bush on December 4, 2003, [ 2] as an amendment to the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The act allows consumers to request ...
Although 78% of U.S. households are now reachable via programmatic CTV advertising, ad fraud rates remain high, at 24% in Q4 2020. Traditional ad fraud attacks, such as spoofing (i.e., pretending ...
The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received more than 101,000 reports of scams and fraud against people ages 60 and older in 2023, causing seniors to lose over $3.4 billion. And those ...
Under ECPA, it is relatively easy for a government agency to demand service providers hand over personal consumer data stored on the service provider's servers. [12] Email that is stored on a third party's server for more than 180 days is considered by the law to be abandoned.
In the United States, the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection works to prevent unfair business practices by "collecting reports from consumers and conducting investigations, suing companies and people that break the law, developing rules to maintain a fair marketplace, and educating consumers and businesses about their ...