|
|
02/08/2012
Better Business Bureau advises business owners to proactively address customer anxiety and takes steps to both prevent and prepare for a security breach.
|
|
|
|
01/09/2012
Better Business Bureau advises business owners to develop a plan of action should their business face a disaster.
|
|
|
|
12/27/2011
Although the holidays are a great time of year, returning gifts that don't quite fit right can be a nightmare. BBB offers tips to tackle gift returns without putting a sour end to the holiday fun.
|
|
|
03/01/2010
Data breaches at businesses are on the rise. Better Business Bureau recommends that small business owners take steps to protect their data and also develop a plan of action if a breach does occur.
|
|
|
|
09/29/2009
Employers play a vital role in preventing the spread of the H1N1 virus and Better Business Bureau offers the following advice to bolster the workplace against the threat of flu this winter.
|
|
|
|
10/01/2007
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) prepared this booklet to help you comply with a new FTC rule that requires labeling on alternative fueled vehicles. The Labeling Requirements for Alternative Fuels and Alternative Fueled Vehicles Rule was issued in keeping with a directive in the Energy Policy Act of 1992. The Rule requires you to provide information to potential purchasers of alternative fueled vehicles to help them compare vehicles.
|
|
|
|
10/01/2007
Computer sellers - online and brick-and-mortar - inundate consumers with advertisements for "free" or low-cost computers. The offers usually involve rebates of several hundred dollars off the computer's purchase price - if the consumer commits to a long-term contract for Internet service. Some of the offers may be good deals for consumers, but they are likely to involve complicated transactions.
|
|
|
|
10/01/2007
The Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Care Labeling Rule requires manufacturers and importers to attach care instructions to garments. Updates to the Rule became effective on September 1, 2000. The Rule's section requiring a "reasonable basis" for care instructions has been changed to clarify what is required, and the definitions of "hot," "warm," and "cold" water have been changed to harmonize with the definitions used by the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC).
|
|
|
|
10/01/2007
Introduction What are the Requirements Who Must Comply What Products are Covered How to Comply Requirements for All Cartons of Covered Lamp Products Shipped Within or Imported into the U.S. Requirements for Promotional Materials Displayed or Distributed at the Point of Sale Requirements for Catalogs Testing and Sampling Requirements Record Keeping Requirements Submission of Test Data Records Supplying Specimens for Testing By a Laboratory Designated by the FTC Questions and Answers Introduction
|
|
|
|
10/01/2007
This manual was prepared to help you, the advertiser, comply with requirements in federal law for advertising consumer credit and consumer leases. These requirements apply whenever you use specific terms in an advertisement promoting consumer credit or consumer leases. Although this manual is illustrated with newspaper advertisements, the law applies to all kinds of media advertisements for consumer credit and consumer leases.
|
|
|
|
10/01/2007
The Partnership for Healthy Weight Management
The Partnership: A coalition composed of representatives from science, academia, the health care professions, government, commercial enterprises, and organizations promoting the public interest.
Mission: To promote sound guidance to the general public on strategies for achieving and maintaining a healthy weight.
|
|
|
|
10/01/2007
Protecting the privacy of consumer information held by "financial institutions" is at the heart of the financial privacy provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Modernization Act of 1999. The GLB Act requires companies to give consumers privacy notices that explain the institutions' information-sharing practices. In turn, consumers have the right to limit some - but not all - sharing of their information.
|
|
|
|
10/01/2007
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has developed these additional FAQs to help auto dealers comply with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and the FTC’s Privacy Rule.
|
|
|
|
10/01/2007
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is charged with preventing deception and unfairness in the marketplace. The FTC Act gives the Commission the power to bring law enforcement actions against false or misleading claims that a product is of U.S. origin.
|
|
|
|
10/01/2007
These Voluntary Guidelines represent a consensus of voluntary consumer disclosure practices reached by a panel of weight management companies, weight loss professionals, and consumer protection groups. They are not binding, do not represent legal standards or interpretation of any legal requirements, and are not sponsored or issued by any government agency. Providers1 should only make these disclosures to the extent that they are permissible under applicable state and federal law.
|
|