Unfairness & Deception

Reports & Testimony

REPORTS

2/09
FTC Staff Report: Self-Regulatory Principles For Online Behavioral Advertising
[PDF]

• Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour's Statement [PDF]
• Commissioner Jon Leibowitz's Statement [PDF]

3/05
Staff Workshop Report: Radio Frequency IDentification: Applications and Implications for Consumers
[PDF]

4/04
Staff Workshop Report: Technologies for Protecting Personal Information
[PDF]

2/02
Public Workshop: The Mobile Wireless Web, Data Services and Beyond: Emerging Technologies and Consumer Issues
[PDF]
A staff report on the public workshop

7/00
Online Profiling: A Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress, Part 2
[PDF]

• Commissioner Thompson's Statement
  
• Commissioner Swindle's Dissenting Statement
  
• Commissioner Leary's
  
• Statement, Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part
  
• Appendix: Network Advertising Initiative: Self-Regulatory Principles For Online Preference Marketing By Network Advertisers [PDF]
  
• Mock-up Illustrations referenced in Appendix

6/00
Online Profiling: A Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress
[PDF]

5/00
Privacy Online: Fair Information Practices in the Electronic Marketplace: A Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress
[PDF]

• Commissioner Swindle's Dissenting Statement [PDF]
  
• Commissioner Leary's Statement, Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part [PDF]
  
• Chairman Pitofsky's Statement
  
• Commissioner Anthony's Statement
  
• Commissioner Thompson's Statement
  
• Appendix A - Methodology [PDF]
  
• Appendix B - Survey, Samples, Results, and Instructions [PDF]
  
• Appendix C - Data Tables [PDF]
  
• Advisory Committee on Online Access and Security

Final Report (published as Appendix D to "Online Privacy: Fair Information Practices in the Electronic Marketplace")

7/99
Self-Regulation and Privacy Online: A Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress
[PDF]

6/98
Online Privacy: A Report to Congress
[PDF]

• Public Comments
  
• Request for Comment, Federal Register Notice
  [PDF]

12/97
Individual Reference Services: A Report to Congress

12/96
Public Workshop on Consumer Privacy on the Global Information Infrastructure
A staff report

TESTIMONY

11/19/03
Cybersecurity and Consumer Data: What's at Risk for the Consumer?
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission, presented by Commissioner Orson Swindle before the Commerce, Trade & Consumer Protection Subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce

6/24/03
Identity Theft: Prevention and Victim Assistance
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission, presented by J. Howard Beales, III, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, before the Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee

6/19/03
Identity Theft: Prevention and Victim Assistance
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission, presented by J. Howard Beales, III, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate.

4/4/03
Identity Theft [PDF]
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission, presented by J. Howard Beales III, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, before the Financial Services Committee of the House of Representatives.

10/11/00
Recent Developments in Privacy Protections for Consumers
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission, presented by Chairman Robert Pitofsky before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protections, Committee on Commerce, United States Senate

6/13/00
Online Profiling: Benefits and Concerns
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission, presented by Jodie Bernstein, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate

• Commission Swindle's Statement, Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part to Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission on "Online Profiling: Benefits and Concerns"

5/25/00
Privacy Online: Fair Information Practices in the Electronic Marketplace
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission, presented by Chairman Robert Pitofsky before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate

• Commissioner Anthony's Statement (with attachment)
  
• Commissioner Thompson's Statement
  
• Commissioner Swindle's Statement
  
• Commissioner Leary's Statement

7/27/99
Self-Regulation and Privacy Online [PDF]
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission, presented by Chairman Robert Pitofsky before the Subcommittee on Communications of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate

• Commissioner Anthony's Testimony
  
• Commissioner Anthony's Statement, Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part
  
• Commissioner Thompson's Statement [PDF]
  
• Commissioner Swindle's Testimony

7/13/99
Self-Regulation and Privacy Online
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission, presented by Chairman Robert Pitofsky before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Commerce, United States House of Representatives

• Commissioner Anthony's Statement, Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part
  
• Commissioner Thompson' Statement [PDF]
  
• Commissioner Swindle's Statement

7/21/98
Consumer Privacy on the World Wide Web
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission, presented by Chairman Robert Pitofsky before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade and Consumer Protection, House Committee on Commerce

3/26/98
Internet Privacy
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission, presented by David Medine, Associate Director for Credit Practices, before the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, House Committee on the Judiciary

2/10/98
Internet Fraud
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission, presented by Chairman Robert Pitofsky before the Subcommittee on Investigations, Senate Governmental Affairs Committee

5/20/98
Identity Theft
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission, presented by David Medine, Associate Director for Credit Practices, before the Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government Information, Senate Committee on the Judiciary

9/18/97
Implications of Emerging Electronic Payment Systems on Individual Privacy
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission, presented by David Medine, Associate Director for Credit Practices, before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, House Committee on Banking and Financial Services